Myson of Chenae, named a sage by Plato instead of Periander, stood for ethical wisdom over political power in Greek ...

For centuries, the study of cuneiform—the world’s oldest known writing system—relied on painstaking manual transcription, ...

The manuscript had been forgotten in the library, part of a collection acquired by Dutch Orientalist and mathematician Jacob Golius during his travels in the Middle East in the 17th century.

A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2,000 years. The document, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred ...

Greek cities had beautiful temples with stone columns and statues, and open-air theatres where people sat to watch plays. Image caption, Ancient Greek ruins of the Temple of Apollo and theatre in ...

Archaeologists in Marbella, Spain, have discovered a 200,000-year-old stone with engraving at the Coto Correa site.