Armed with metal detectors, treasure hunters roam the landscapes of Greece, where myth and history intertwine.

Credit: Ministry of Culture Greece’s Ministry of Culture is proceeding with the restoration and maintenance of the acropolis of Pelinna, an ancient Greek city-state of Thessaly. Pelinna, located east ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Amid the ashes of a funeral pyre, encased in burnt mud, was a papyrus scroll—the first to be found in mainland Greece. Dating of the document and the discovery its literary nature subsequently ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome has long been referenced, from the temple-like façades ...

Here’s how it works. An ancient and enigmatic stone circle in the Middle East may not be a prehistoric astronomical observatory after all, according to a new study of satellite images.

But using ice cores and other ancient data points allows scientists to peer much deeper into the past, and establish that the climate today is likely warmer than it has been in 120,000 years.

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over ... Believed to live on the beautiful slopes of Mount Olympus in northern Greece, these supernatural creatures were thought to look like ...

Piece by piece, experts carefully transported the Phoenician vessel to dry land, where it will be studied and preserved Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Archaeologists have raised a 2,600-year-old ...

Similar to tower bosses, you’ll only receive an Ancient Technology Point after the first time you defeat them. If you forget if you’ve already defeated one, check the map to see if there is a ...