The origins of ancient Greek city names like Athens and Olympia reflect mythology, history, and the development of Greek ...

The 1,800-year-old Ketton mosaic discovered at England's Rutland villa features a rare retelling of the Trojan War myth not ...

More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a ...

The team behind what has been described as "one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK" have revealed that it ...

They're all colorful historical nicknames that different cultures have given the powerful spice asafetida—known as hing across South Asia—in an effort to capture its famously pungent aroma.

Section of Panel 1 of the Ketton Mosaic shows Hector, prince of Troy, in his chariot. (©ULAS). A second-century Roman coin from Ilium in Turkey, labelled ‘Hector’, is an earlier example of the same ...

Did the Trojan War really happen? This ancient Greek conflict was once considered fact and later myth, but Sky HISTORY’s Troy ...

Some common foods that we have in our pantries can be traced back to ancient times. Take a look at the deep history of our ...

The Royal Navy came into its own during the "Age of Reason," in which ancient Greece was seen as a virtuous and exemplary society and its aesthetics were widely copied.

Queen Nefertiti co-ruled with Pharaoh Akhenaten, whose reign transformed ancient Egypt's religion and gender roles in the ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

History Hit, the streaming service and podcast network founded by Dan Snow, has announced the release of its latest original documentary, Ancient Adventures: Li ...