The ancient Greeks used to make a wide variety of breads, as they considered it to be of great importance in their eating ...

An ancient-DNA revolution is turning the high-speed equipment used to study the DNA of living things on to specimens from the ...

Archaeologists discovered clusters of red ocher drawings scattered on rocks and cliffs across Canaima National Park—and have ...

When donning ancient pieces, then, she advised wearing the pieces on “a special occasion,” like a gala or dinner with friends, “rather than doing the dishes.” But not all pieces being auct ...

Satyrs were creatures linked strongly with Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, pleasure, and theater. These party-loving, ...

The Cleveland Museum of Art will return a headless Greco-Roman bronze statue that was pillaged from the ancient city of Bubon ... period of time before being transferred to Turkey.

Italian police have smashed a gang of ‘tomb raiders’ suspected to have stolen hundreds of ancient artefacts from sites across ...

An art market grew as growing numbers of private ... underground water pipelines in a town north of Athens uncovered an ancient mosaic of dancing satyrs. A monumental building with lion sculptures ...

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

An ancient Greek vase on loan from the British Museum is the highlight of a new exhibition in Hull. Sirens, Women and the Sea is being shown at the Ferens Art Gallery until 5 March. The exhibition ...

For more than a century, the ancient Indus script has mystified researchers ... with a symbol that appears to be a jar with two handles being the most frequently used. Yet, Yadav told the BBC ...