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Archaeologists have found the remains of a Roman fortress in northern Sinai. The discovery illuminates the Roman Empire’s ...
Nearchus, the Navigator, bridged East and West with a daring voyage that reshaped ancient maritime strategy and trade routes.
Roman soldiers typically stayed at temporary camps for a few days or weeks before continuing marching. The Hoog Buurlo camp ...
Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece ... routes, which fueled the flourishing of the city-state. The area’s archaeological remains have surfaced the ancient ...
Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...
In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.
FOR CHARLES STOCKING, long hours at the desk are part of the job. As a scholar of ancient Greek and a university professor, he spends many hours sitting almost every day. And all his desk work ...
Ancient Greek sculpture has fascinated the art lovers of the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, the Grand Tour, and modern ...
Here’s how it works. A rare "Corinthian" helmet from ancient Greece will go up for auction in London later this month. Such helmets were iconic of the ancient Greek style of infantry fighting ...
1200 CE when Indian artistic, architectural and cultural influences spread across a vast arc that encompassed the Greek and Roman ... the Silk Route in its Belt and Road Initiative.