Legend has it that when the Statue of Zeus was completed, the king of the gods announced his approval via a lightning bolt.

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how ...

The Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) welcomes the International Olympic Academy (IOA) as the latest partner of the Olympic World ...

Archaeological findings and architectural elements provide evidence that a sun worship cult existed at Delphi.

OUR photo of The Olympia Coffee House in York sparked lots of memories - and debate - among readers. The photo - dating from the late 1960s - sparked a debate about the precise location of this coffee ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --Rising sea levels could flood more than 50 archaeological sites on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, by 2080 -- including the iconic Ahu Tongariki, according to a new study from the ...

The whole uninhabited island of Polyaigos in the Aegean Sea was declared “an archaeological site” by the Culture Ministry, thus escaping alleged plans for the touristic development of the island which ...

The move aims to halt construction plans on the uninhabited island. Public Domain In a move to safeguard its natural and cultural heritage, the entire Aegean island of Polyaigos in Greece has been ...

The Central Archaeological Council (KAS) today declared the entire island of Polyaigos an archaeological site, in a clear move to safeguard it. The issue of Polyaigos’ protection was on the agenda of ...

Here’s how it works. Researchers discovered a fragment of a jawbone and teeth at the archaeological site of Orozmani in the Republic of Georgia. (Image credit: Giorgi Bidzinashvili) A roughly 1.8 ...