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.

A 2,100-year-old sling bullet with a sarcastic inscribed message “learn” attached was found in the holy land, on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. “Learn your lesson,” “learn never to ...

A new study suggests Pompeii may have faced an ancient Greek "machine gun" from the island of Rhodes during Sulla’s Roman ...

Experts said the fragment, recovered by divers from the Greek culture ministry, matched the style and dimensions of the ...

The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While ...

History has a strange habit of forgetting its own brilliance. Civilizations rose, fell, and took entire libraries of ...

Greek mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse calculated the infinite mathematical concept pi in the 200s BCE, which we ...

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

Discover the secrets behind the Theatre of Epidaurus' legendary acoustics! This ancient Greek marvel combines beauty, history, and advanced engineering that still baffles experts today. Dive into the ...

Athens-based editor Katie Silcox has narrowed down this list of 15 places everyone should visit in Greece in their lifetime, drawing on her expertise of the country's loveliest islands, thriving ...