A big, round, 4,000-year-old stone building discovered on a Cretan hilltop is puzzling archaeologists and threatening to disrupt a major airport...

Linear B, the enigmatic script of ancient Greece used by the Mycenaean civilization, has long captivated the minds of experts and enthusiasts alike....

Ever since archaeologists started digging up ancient Hittite records, researchers have endeavored to link them to the legend of the Trojan War from...

Underwater archaeologists recently found more than 900 ancient objects from two shipwrecks dating back to the Ming Dynasty in the South China Sea....

The ruins of an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor have become visible recently for the first time in three decades due to a drought that has caused the...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin’s School of Natural Sciences have discovered a new way to form bastnäsite, a key mineral used to extract...

Precious few exposed areas on Earth offer researchers an opportunity to directly observe our planet’s ancient crust. Australia, boasting some of the...

Building on a 2019 discovery, researchers discovered 27 people from one Colombian extended family whose rare genetic variant seems to have helped them...

Ancient Greeks spent much of their time playing board games practically on a daily basis. They were a beloved part of ancient Greek culture. In fact,...

The death of the American tourist over the weekend is the latest fatality on Greek islands where temperatures have frequently topped 40C.