The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

Athens' oldest coins were created from silver originating around the world, a study suggests, revealing an unknown ancient ...

Walking into the ruins of an ancient tomb in southern Greece, archaeologists inadvertently joined a centuries-long tradition. The 2,400-year-old tomb had seen all manner of visitors from mourners to ...

A monumental tomb found near Corinth has revealed several burials, along with artifacts reflecting its later use as a healing ...

Lead pollution in and around the Aegean Sea dates back to the Bronze Age and shows a strong spike associated with Roman ...

The Bank of Hindostan, General Bank of Bengal and Bengal Bank became the first banks in India to issue paper currency in the ...

Coins minted from gold and silver later became a standardized medium of exchange in ancient Greece and Rome, making it easier to conduct large transactions across the Mediterranean and beyond.

The 'lost city of gold', located at Jabal Sukari, southwest of Marsa Alam, deep inside the Red Sea Governorate in Egypt, has now been revived after around four years of excavation and restoration.

An incredible marble statue of Hermes, the messenger of Zeus, along with statue fragments of other ancient Greek deities have ...

The recent discoveries on Failaka Island, at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, confirm the presence of the Macedonians there, ...

Crews found evidence of ancient ... and Greek script that shows off a true linguistic diversity in the region. Crews uncovered plenty more, including Ptolemaic bronze coins, terracotta figurines ...