Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

Europe is full of architecturally impressive bridges, these are the ones you need to see. From charming ancient stone designs ...

Rome transported obelisks and treasures from Egypt and Greece, showcasing engineering, art, and cultural exchange.

These LEGO IDEAS sets imagine the soaring temples, libraries, and armies of ancient Greece in plastic bricks.

The hair color of the ancient Greeks has long intrigued historians. Luckily, evidence of their appearance can be found in ...

For a long time, archaeologists believed that large buildings required large bosses. The idea was simple: only societies with ...

Contributing writer for The Prospect Zane Mills VanWicklen details how the Ancient Mediterranean pavilion in the new Princeton University Art Museum is a “step back in time.” ...

Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote that ‘There are two liquids that are especially agreeable to the human body: wine inside ...

Tucked away inside a corner of the University of Kansas’s Lippincott Hall is a little-known museum called the Wilcox ...

The connection between Jews and Greece goes all the way back to the ancient world, even before the time of the Roman Empire. Greece was the dynamic cradle of civilisation in the Mediterranean and home ...

Despite its size and proximity to the busy Greek capital, Evia is one of the least-known Greek islands, with healing baths, ...

A Chilean engineer inherited a small piece of marble that was once part of the Acropolis in Athens. The fragment has been returned to Greece.