Pliny the Elder’s 37 volume Naturalis Historia is the largest single work to have survived from the Roman Empire. It includes ...

When the authorities finally hauled it to the surface and towed it to Port Townsend, Washington, in June 2013, the Western Flyer looked like a ghost ship ... Western Europe, Greece, Rome and ...

When the ancient Greeks faced the Persians in the Battle of Artemisium, they set the tone for the Battle of Salamis.

The history of Insurance goes back to ancient Greece as people employed insurance-like practices, predominantly within ...

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...

One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

Greece has signed a deal to purchase anti-ship missiles from France, as it seeks to bolster its defenses in a procurement ...

While diving for sponges near the town of Kyrenia, he stumbled upon the remains of an ancient Greek merchant ship lying quietly on the seabed. What he found would become one of the most ...

Offering more sustainable sailing, boutique cruise line Celestyal Cruises has announced that Celestyal Discovery has become the first-ever cruise ship to operate in Greek waters using a marine biofuel ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman ...

An entire ancient Egyptian settlement from the New Kingdom, also known as the Golden Age of Egypt, surfaced from beneath Greek ruins at the site of Kom el-Nugus near Alexandria Among the artifacts ...

The lecture hall was discovered during excavations at Agrigento, the site of the largest ancient Greek settlement in Sicily. Photo by Thomas Lappi and Monika Trümper, FU Berlin, Institute of ...