The speech is taken from the 'Anabasis of Alexander' (Book VII Chapter X), written around 130 AD by the Roman/Greek historian Arrian. Arrian had access to eyewitness accounts which are now lost ...

The ancient Greeks, like many civilizations, harbored a deep fascination with death and the supernatural, and their myths are full with beings that bear a striking resemblance to the vampires of later ...

The Ancient Greek Dark Ages came after the powerful Mycenaean Era. But what actually were the Greek Dark Ages, and how did they end? Credit: GreekReporter archive Ancient Greece was a civilization ...

linking the development of ancient metal smelting practices to long-term environmental change Ella Jeffries The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian ...

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago.

LONDON (AP) — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse ... “In films and books, terrible things happen to those who smell mummified bodies,” said Cecilia ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...

By Emily Eakin Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. A new book by the journalist Katherine Stewart finds a far-right ...

Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often unearthed during construction projects. A headless statue believed to be 2,000 years old has been found inside a black ...

The enduring appeal of Greek mythology: Of gods, heroes, and demons Take Stephen Fry’s books, for instance; he takes these ancient dramas and retells them with the flair of someone who can make even ...