Ancient Greek engineer Mandrocles of Samos created an engineering marvel—the Pontoon Bridge, bridging Asia and Europe at the narrowest stretch of...

Ancient Greek engineer Mandrocles of Samos created an engineering marvel—the Pontoon Bridge, bridging Asia and Europe at the narrowest stretch of...

The Greek city of Klazomenai located near today’s Izmir (Smyrna) was the center of ceramic production in the ancient world. Unique Ancient Greek...

A new need to fairly share bounty from communal effort may be reflected in the first-ever plants, painted on pottery in Mesopotamia

The beards of Orthodox priests are some of their most striking attributes, marking them as different from other Western religious men.

The beards of Orthodox priests are some of their most striking attributes, marking them as different from other Western religious men.

An amazing variety of ancient Greek healing herbs can be found today in the “Asclepius Path” on Mount Kerketion, where, according to Greek...

Nine villages in southern Italy collectively known as La Grecia Salentina (Salentine Greece) or, in the local dialect, Griko have maintained aspects...

An ancient Greek relief sculpture featuring a lone ear may seem strange to us today, but it was actually created with the hopes that someone would be...

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