Alexander had a love-hate relationship with his father, King Philip II of Macedonia. While at times he appeared to be the ...

There are at least fourteen major operas that are based on Greek mythology, showing how much it still speaks to us today over ...

The temple of Hephaestus, as seen from the Ancient Agora in Athens, Greece, where people spent most of their time in ancient times.Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. We all know the ancient ...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals a previously unknown group of hunter-gatherers who lived near present-day Bogotá, Colombia, about 6,000 years ago. This group is genetically distinct from both ...

Cultivating ancient wheat will be a symbolic step in this direction," she said. "These lands have preserved this bread for 5,000 years and given us this gift.

Scientists use laser technology to uncover more Mayan ruins 03:10. Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and ...

Nature - A global analysis reveals that most carbon dioxide emitted by rivers derives not from modern plant material, as was thought, but from ancient, buried carbon.

Ancient Trees, Dwindling in the Wild, Thrive on Sacred Ground Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old.

Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex.. The tombs of three prominent statesmen from the New Kingdom era (1539 to 1077 BCE) have been ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology analyzed 279 trireme names recorded in 4th-century BCE inscriptions and concluded that the ancient Athenians carefully selected names ...

Ancient DNA reveals how Mayan civilisation collapsed. Maya civilisation population decreased vastly during late Classic period. Vishwam Sankaran. Thursday 29 May 2025 09:06 BST. Comments.