Discovered in Taiwan, the jawbone is believed to have belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called ...

A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and ...

The West’s Eurocentric version of scientific history omits some of the most important events that shaped modern thinking.

On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games were reborn in Athens, 1,500 years after Roman Emperor Theodosius I banned them in 393 ...

In ancient Sparta, the Agoge prepared boys for a lifetime of military service with harsh training that emphasised strength ...

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners the most attention. In fact, it's routinely referred to simply as "The ...

Scotland took a huge step towards staying in the Nations League top tier as they hung onto a 1-0 first-leg victory as VAR took centre stage and worked in their favour. Steve Clarke's side took the ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology. Cecilie ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an Egyptian army where an Israelite king was killed. The discoveries at Megiddo, which inspired "Armageddon," reinforce biblical stories about King ...

The temple of Hephaestus, as seen from the Ancient Agora, Athens, Greece. Credit: public domain from Wikimedia Commons. Greek civilization has existed for over 3,000 to 4,000 years and continues to ...