Here’s a far fetched notion: for most of human history, humans used to worship gods who fought, fell in love, and even had favorite cities. Zeus might have thrown lightning bolts, but he was not ...

The Statue of Liberty is an icon of our political freedom. The Cross is an icon of our spiritual freedom. The Statue of ...

Bodies, potentially decaying, were a more common sight in ancient Rome than now. Suetonius, writing in the first century CE, ...

A long-lost city dating back some 2,400 years has been discovered next to a temple dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cobra ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a long-lost Egyptian city that dates back 2,500 years. Located around six miles (10 km) south ...

Baby names inspired by Greek history and mythology are gaining popularity in the US. From Athena to Zeus, there is a name for ...

A ONCE bustling city with multi-storey tower houses and a cobra goddess temple built 2,400 years ago has been discovered by ...

A conservative Christian group staged two days of small protests outside Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum over a sexual joke printed ...

Excavations in Egypt's Nile Delta have revealed ancient Egyptian multistory "tower" houses, a ceremonial building dedicated ...

The 'rediscovery' of the ancient city of Imet, in Egypt's eastern Nile Delta, has been hailed a landmark historical find.

Greek mythology sparked the Renaissance, transforming art from religious instruction to profound explorations of human ...