Choking on his own blood, the king called Clytemnestra a name that can only be translated as “bitch-face.” Even though she has been portrayed as a villain in numerous ancient Greek tragedies, few ...

But what if this humble yet essential part of humanity’s everyday life, the lowly oven, finds its roots in the ancient Greek world? Thearion, a 5th-century BC Athenian, is believed to be one of the ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD was one of the most catastrophic volcanic events in European history, burying ...

Gears were initially used in simple mechanical devices like water-lifting machines and clocks. The Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical device from the 2nd century B.C., is an ...

The ancient Greeks often decorated their bronze ... or conical stands were often used as votive gifts dedicated in Greek sanctuaries from the eighth to the sixth centuries B.C. The head had ...

Imagine a heavy book resting on a table. If you try to gently push the book across the table with the tip of your finger, it ...

Though this is very much just a rumor, a Greek media site has seemingly revealed which characters Matt Damon's supporting ...

Director Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, is gearing up to be his biggest blockbuster yet, as there are many exciting facts ...

Frieze depicts followers of ancient Greek god Dionysus Fresco dates to 40–30 BC Latest dig began in early 2023 ROME, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life ...

From the rover's point of view on the ground, it's hard to tell, but this ancient shoreline on Mars seemed to lie inside a 2,050-mile-wide (3,300-kilometer-wide) impact crater called Utopia Basin.

In ancient Greece, Orpheus was considered the greatest of all musicians, due to his divine heritage. His musical ability makes Orpheus uniquely well suited as the lead for a musical. In the myth ...