A rare Byzantine manuscript discovered in a Greek monastery has unveiled hidden historical gems, offering new insights into ...

The Herculaneum papyri, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, constitute one of the few preserved sources of Roman thought.

The era in which Strabo lived, the saddle between the first centuries bc and ad, was highly receptive to kolossourgiai. The ...

Greek lawmakers have elected a former parliament speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon ...

The Yuezhi tribes of Central Asia, who had pushed the Shakas into the Indian subcontinent, were the last to make their way ...

Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.

The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...

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British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones with mysterious inscriptions on them at a flea market in ...

In 399 BC, Socrates stood before a jury of 500 Athenian citizens, accused of undermining the state religion and introducing ...

Evidence show that confession might actually have an origin in the pre-Christian religious customs of ancient Greece.