Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...

While perhaps not quite as controversial as skinny jeans or statement necklaces, peplum tops have had their fair share of lovers and haters. The fashion trend—which thrived in the 1940s and 1950s ...

An international team of underwater archaeologists has recently completed a new phase of excavations at the submerged site of Asini, near the coastal village of Tolo, in Argolis, Greece. The research, ...

New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 years ago. For about half the people alive today, the story of where they ...

On Women’s Day, we must remember the remarkable ancient Greek women who defied conventions and left a lasting impact on philosophy, science, politics, and the arts. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public ...

Nir Eisikovits, professor of philosophy and director of the Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston, is the author of “Glory, Humiliation and the Drive to War.” Sixteen years into the ...

The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast of Türkiye, directly across the Aegean Sea from Athens. Today, it is rubble and ruins, but 2,000 years ago, it was a thriving center of ...

An illustration of what a protest in ancient Athens would look like, where citizens actively participated in political discourse. Ancient Greece often conjures up images of grand religious temples and ...

Mantha Zarmakoupi, a classical archaeologist and architectural historian, has spent the past four summers excavating the remains of an ancient city council building in Teos. Teos was an ancient Greek ...