Nefertiti was an ancient Egyptian queen who lived around 1370 to 1330 BC. The famous bust of Nefertiti was discovered in 1912 by a team of...

Archaeologists have discovered the site of the ancient Battle of al-Qadisiyyaha in Iraq using declassified photos from a US spy satellite. The battle...

Christos Tsirogiannis has made repatriating stolen antiquities his life’s work, he tells BIRN – but it’s often been a thankless task.

The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander, who was born in the third year of the 42nd Olympiad, or 610 BC, and who lived until c. 546 BC, was a...

Is the history of the Nabataeans mysterious or lost? The Kingdom of the Nabataeans has not been substantially recorded by scholars and archaeologists...

The Moirai, usually also known as the Fates, stand for the idea of destiny in Greek mythology.

The Moirai, usually also known as the Fates, stand for the idea of destiny in Greek mythology.

Aspasia was born in Greece in the fifth century BC. She and Pericles, the great general and politician, fell deeply in love. By Yvonne Korshak What...

Ancient Greek lawmaker Solon of Athens is the statesman who laid the foundations for today's democracy in the sixth century BC

In Vergina, a small town in northern Greece, Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos found proof of Macedonia's Greek roots.