Surface ceramics from ancient Samos reveal a self-sufficient rural economy, challenging the island’s image as a ...

An artefact with the Greek god Dionysus depicted on the head and his erect penis has been unearthed in Sicily. Archaeologists ...

Children in Ancient Greece played with figurines that, much like modern Barbies, reflected the society and aspirations of ...

These 15 Greek god animals served as sacred symbols and divine messengers in ancient mythology — and their meanings still ...

Language has a remarkable way of capturing human behaviour and personality in a single word. One such expressive term is ...

Archaeologists working at Gela in southern Sicily have recovered a remarkably delicate, 5th-century BC bone stylus that blends the everyday with the provocative: a carved head - likely Dionysus - and, ...

Long before modern party games, the ancient Greeks perfected the art of drinking with rules, rituals, and skill based competitions. This episode recreates a real Greek symposium, from communal wine ...

On this day in 1822, during the Greek War of Independence, revolutionary leaders Dimitrios Ypsilantis and Theodoros ...

A 2026 PNAS study reveals Pompeii's pre-Roman Republican Baths were heavily contaminated with human waste and rarely ...

Did Octavian, later known as the Roman emperor Augustus, have an affair with Julius Caesar? That’s precisely what Mark Antony ...

T he ancient Romans took bathing seriously—it was a crucial facet of their daily lives, and people from a range of social ...

The Polish authorities detained Alexander B. in mid-December and a court is due to consider Ukraine’s extradition request on ...