The cult of the dead in Naples has ancient and deep roots, which go back to the times of the Greek and Roman civilizations.

The heady world of the early Christians began with Jewish followers of Jesus and later became dominated by Romans attracted ...

In a world where information flows freely, its easy to forget that, for centuries, knowledge was much harder to come by. Imagine a time when the internet didnt exist, books were scarce, libraries were ...

Contestants in the Vesuvius Challenge had to develop their own programs to interpret existing 3D scans of the coiled scroll, ...

They cannot say the words “in the original Greek” without groaning, apologizing, adding layers of irony to the phrase. They ...

An interesting discovery was recently made in Central Asia in Tajikistan containing Greek inscriptions on a rock.

Robert Charlton’s second effort for The New York Times defies expectations.

When we read about the Greco-Roman world, we often hear the stories of famous and wealthy men and women. But the letters of ...

Graffiti, produced by an inmate of an ancient Roman prison in Corinth, Greece, contained a chilling message for captors.

The Phoenicians were prolific merchants and explorers who traveled from their home in the Levant across the ancient Near East ...

Scrabble's official dictionary gains 1,816 new words, reflecting modern slang and cultural shifts. The update includes Hindi, ...

Uncover the stories and history of the Leshan Giant Buddha, the world's largest stone Buddha, including legends, construction, and ongoing preservation.