Surrounded by the Cyclopean walls, the ancient Greek city of Tiryns predated Mycenae and later became part of the Mycenaean ...

Ancient Greek mythology is an ever-popular subject. From myths to mystical characters. One of the most popular and filmed ...

One of the greatest stories ever told, Homer’s Odyssey follows Odysseus on his perilous journey home from Troy. This ...

Boxer Theagenes of Thasos was one of the towering sporting figures from the ancient Olympic Games who supposedly won 1,400 ...

Classical Greek texts feature many examples of mortals acting against advice and experiencing adverse consequences, such as Icarus flying too close to the sun or Pandora opening a box containing evils ...

Scientists and archaeologists still harbor serious doubts about who the people were that mixed with the Thracians around 5,000 years ago, from which Thracian civilization itself would emerge. But it ...

Horror is a spectrum that can house not only fear but also a sense of dread, righteous acts, and a callback from deep time.

From thunder gods to serpent slayers, scholars are reconstructing myths that vanished millennia ago. How much further can we ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery at the ancient Turkish city of Sagalassos has revealed the first known example of Egyptian religious iconography used purely for decorative purposes outside of ...