Hippocratic physicians introduced the first evidence‑based, ethical approach to diagnosing and treating. But their ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, suspected ...

A new study shows how humans moved across the landscapes of ancient Greece, shaped by slope, visibility, and rugged terrain.

One of the things I never wrapped my head around was how the Roman Republic managed to conquer the mighty city-states and ...

The kylix drinking cup in ancient Greek symposiums revealed who was an aristocrat and who didn’t belong to the elite circle.

Archaeologists in Greece may have made a fascinating discovery in an ancient palace on the island of Crete. Citing Greece’s Ministry of Culture, ANA-MPA reports that the room was discovered during ...

In 1996, after gaining permission from the Greek government, Hale and De Boer made their first expedition to Delphi. They took samples of the bedrock and sent them to a lab for analysis. As they ...

Two months before Seamus Heaney received the Nobel Prize in Literature in December 1995, Seamus and Marie Heaney drove through the winding roads of the Peloponnese with their friends, Dimitri and ...