Herodes Atticus' projects shaped 2nd-century Greece, blending rhetoric, philanthropy and architecture in a legacy of lasting impact.

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

A new look at fossils from the Cambrian Period around 500 million years ago has revealed that some of the earliest animals spent time on mudflats that were sometimes exposed to the air – a find that c ...

In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

Some scholars trace Valentine's Day back to ancient Greece and the mythical green meadows of Arcadia in the Peloponnese.

Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...

Is a triangle tattoo meaning spiritual, symbolic, or geometric? Discover its deep significance in religion, alchemy, and ...

The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not nationalism.

During the Iron Age, the mysterious Tartessian people lived in southwest Spain. Little is known about them, but experts do ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy - and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece said Friday they have arrested a suspect accused of ...

Often referred to as “living fossils,” tuataras are extraordinary creatures that hold a remarkable position in the animal kingdom ... Tuataras are the last survivors of an ancient group of reptiles ...