The Metropolitan Museum of Art returned an ancient bronze griffin’s head to Greece after determining that the 7th-century BC artifact was stolen...

A wine cup believed to belong to ancient Greek politician Pericles discovered in 2014 is the highlight of the Epigraphical Museum in Athens. The cup...

Perperikon, one of the oldest cities in the world, made of stone and only discovered in the 20th century in Bulgaria, shed light on one of the...

Few symbols in human history have captured the imagination quite like the Gorgoneion—Medusa’s petrifying face, with her hair made of writhing...

Agathocles’ audacious invasion of Africa in 310 BC, during the Greek-Carthaginian War of 311–310 BC, was a significant conflict between the Greek...

Five times a day, approximately one-fourth of the world's population turns toward Mecca to bow their heads in prayer. The Kaaba at the center of...

A US firm has released Protoclone, the world's first bipedal, muscuskeletal android. The video of the robot has since gone viral. 

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known...

Archaeologists have unearthed a small white marble statue of Hercules from ancient Rome in Montaione, a municipality in the province of Florence,...

The foundations of pain management can be traced back to ancient Greece, where physicians and philosophers explored various methods to relieve pain...