New research from Mochlos reveals what the Minoans ate and how food shaped ritual, trade and daily life in ancient Crete.

Archaeologists reveal Lyrboton Kome, a 2,200-year-old Greek olive oil production centre in Pamphylia near Antalya, once supplying olive oil across the Roman Mediterranean.

Cinema in Ancient Greece began with Philion and Heron, who crafted automated theaters, bringing stories to life through motion and spectacle.

It's weird that we have been told over and over that gladiators fought to the death, when it wasn't even true.

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a 10th-century Byzantine Greek manuscript that was overwritten in the 13th century with a Christian liturgical text. This practice of creating a palimpsest, or a reused ...

Scientists just proved Greek priestesses safely brewed LSD-like ergot for the Eleusinian Mysteries. The ancient world's ...

Roman tombs, catacombs, and a rare Greek inscription were uncovered in Constanța, Romania, revealing a fascinating glimpse ...

Any brief history of technological advancement and its diffusion across the world must start with the wheel, which not only ...

Technology has long been used to facilitate divine contact, to combine tradition and innovation, and to help spread religious ...

Fire-resistance, ‘swollen knees’ to fight decay, toxins to wipe out rivals: There are lessons for science in the tools that have allowed the world’s oldest trees to survive.

Imagine ancient cities shrouded in mystery beneath the ocean’s waves, forgotten yet preserved in time. These sunken civilizations hold untold secrets of human history and ingenuity. For centuries, ...