Old ‘Falcon Shrine’ With Cryptic Messages From a Roman Religious Complex A falcon shrine from the late Roman period was unearthed by archaeologists during the excavation of a religious complex at the ...

Here we delve inside Egypt's pyramids to reveal their many treasures and secrets, while also shining a light on Egypt's ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they ...

Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution.

Lead released from smelting in ancient Greece is the world’s first toxic pollution, experts say. View on euronews ...

With artefacts on loan from the British Museum, this modest show reminds us of the astonishing heritage of a country now ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought.

Ancient Greece, renowned for its contributions to democracy and philosophy, also holds the unfortunate distinction of ...

Ancient Greeks saw Olympus as a divine realm of Zeus and the gods, not a mountain. Its link to Mount Olympus emerged in later traditions.

The expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an increased demand for metals, according to some of the earliest traces of of ...