Violence at a jail has plummeted after inmates were given lessons in the ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism. Inmates at HMP Wayland, Norfolk, were taught how to live virtuous, peaceful lives ...

Roman salting plants processed fish so thoroughly that researchers struggle to identify the species once used in ancient condiments.

Residents of a Greek aged care home in Melbourne's north-east once made bus trips to visit the Hellenic Museum, but now the museum has come to them.

In ancient Greek settlements, the agora served as a city’s main religious, administrative, and social center.

Researchers have sequenced the genome of an ancient Egyptian who was buried in a pot nearly 5,000 years ago, about the time some of the oldest, and most famous, pyramids were built.

It's widely considered one of the cradles of civilisation. But a new study has revealed that people living in ancient Egypt may actually have had foreign roots.

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the ...

Secrets of ancient societies revealed through DNA from 4,000-year-old teeth Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia ...

The Cross of Gratitude was recently welcomed by a Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the first parish of the Greek Catholic rite in America.

Indian weddings, vibrant with tradition, often carry a subtle concern: the evil eye. Rooted in ancient beliefs, it's thought to bring misfortune through envy. To protect brides during this ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA sequencing reveals how these two populations also intermingled.