The practice of drilling or scraping a hole into the skull’s cranial vault has been performed for thousands of years.

Bizarre footage captures dozens of goat-like and monstrous figures parading through the streets of villages in Northern ...

This marble statuette is emblematic of Ptolemaic-era art: a mishmash of styles with a decidedly Egyptian twist.

As New Year's Eve arrives in Greece, children carrying instruments sing Kalanta, ancient carols filled with wishes for health, wealth, and happiness. This tradition honors Agios Vassilis, the Greek ...

Intricate linen masks were central to theater performances in ancient Greece. Credit: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0 One of the most enduring art forms from ancient Greece is that of theater. Greek ...

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There were schools of thought in Ancient Greece that speculated about extraterrestrial life in trying to answer the many questions about the universe. The Aristotelian worldview of a unified, finite ...

In some ancient stories, people’s pets were sometimes their only source of support in difficult times. The Theban general Epaminondas (410–362 BCE) was charged with various petty crimes by his ...

From his dozens of lovers came many children, possibly nearing 100, giving new meaning to his status in ancient Greek religion as the father of all. Here are some of Zeus’s most notable offspring, ...

The ancient Phoenician shipwreck dates back to ... alphabet that formed the basis for the ones later produced by ancient Greece and Rome, many traces of the civilization were considered lost ...

ATHENS, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Greece's former royal family has been granted Greek citizenship and pledged loyalty to the republic in a landmark move 50 years after the country abolished the monarchy.

A million and a half years ago, amid giant storks and the ancestors of antelopes, two extinct relatives of humans walked along the same muddy lakeshore in what is today northern Kenya, new research ...