The prehistoric crocodile relative may have tolerated both freshwater and saltwater habitats, allowing it to conquer North ...

The many Punic settlements in north Africa and Sicily help explain admixtures from those parts of the world. But the Greek ...

Ancient Greek scientists and philosophers are brought back to life and tell their stories in this video produced through AI ...

While studying a Greek settlement from 332BC in northern ... Meanwhile, archaeologists also say they discovered an ancient city buried below Egypt’s pyramids. Researchers from Italy and Scotland ...

One of the best things about living in Athens is the proximity to so many Greek islands. Some are so close you can hop over ...

Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know ...

Digitising this ancient language largely relies on scanning old books and manuscripts and employing optical character recognition (OCR) technology, which frequently misinterprets the intricate scripts ...

Believed by some to be an ancient Greek "computer", it was thought to track the cycles of the Moon, Sun and planets - and even predict eclipses. But now, new research has brought the enigma back ...

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 ...

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism is 2,000 years old and has long puzzled scientists. New research into its triangle-shaped teeth may finally reveal its intended purpose.

In ancient Greece, education wasn’t limited to the mind — it included the body as well. Physical fitness and scholarly pursuits went hand-in-hand, a principle reflected in the number of gymnasiums ...

The West’s Eurocentric version of scientific history omits some of the most important events that shaped modern thinking.