When Alexander the Great passed away, his son, Alexander IV, was still in his mother's womb, making his succession a web of ...

Jeffrey Epstein explored the possibility of purchasing the private Greek island of Skorpios once owned by Aristotle Onassis.

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology ...

Coffee must have been the secret weapon of Greek, Slav, and Albanian mercenary units, the stratioti, that fought together ...

The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived in the region for millennia. However, the Great Catastrophe of Smyrna and ...

Researchers using wartime aerial photos and Cold War satellite imagery have identified a vast, once-lost Persian garden complex in Iran.

Researchers say a vast, long-forgotten landscape once shaped the southern edge of historic Tabriz, long before modern roads and apartment blocks transformed the area. By analyzing declassified ...

Archaeologists in southern Tajikistan have uncovered more than 150 Kushan-era copper coins from the first century AD.

Ancient Greek philosopher Protagoras, a religious skeptic, faced exile and burning of writings after questioning the ...

Archaeologists uncover a 26,000-year-old ostrich eggshell workshop in China, revealing craft production during the Late Paleolithic period.

Archaeologists have identified a 26,000-year-old ostrich eggshell workshop in China at the Peiligang site in Henan Province, offering rare insight into early craft production and symbolic behavior.

Archaeologists in Regensburg uncover Bavaria’s oldest Mithras sanctuary, revealing early Roman rituals, coins, and evidence ...