The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

Historians think the 2,000-year-old device was used to predict the positions of celestial bodies. A new digital simulation ...

Physical evidence of an ancient technology is rare, says professor of Greek and Roman studies John Humphrey of the University of Calgary, who recently published a book ... puts a coin in a slot ...

Judas Iscariot's death is told in two conflicting Bible accounts—one of remorse and hanging, the other of a gruesome fall in a cursed field.

A corruption scandal rocking Rhodes has taken a new turn as Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority exposed €500,000 in suspicious assets tied to Urban Planning officials. From cash-stuffed homes to ...

McMaster University Libraries is partnering with the McMaster Museum of Art to host an exhibition that will feature rare books, maps, and antiquities related to . . .

Over 120 years ago, sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera unearthed one of the most enigmatic ...

Archaeologists believe they have uncovered evidence of an ancient biblical battle, all thanks to a few broken fragments found in a curious location. The artifacts, which mostly consist of Egyptian ...

Even the moment of the formal verification of the pope’s death takes place in the context of a prayer service “at home” in ...

In a new book ... with the 'old.'" At the same time, Luke's Hellenistic cultural background is evident in his writing - for instance the Greeks' love of enigmas and riddles as means of discovery. The ...

The man behind reimaginings of classics from ‘Oedipus’ to ‘Hamlet’ on why murderer Raoul Moat is the subject of his latest play ...

TEHRAN - In a landmark archaeological breakthrough, Iranian researchers have discovered what is believed to be the long-lost ...