May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, and a rare cosmic lineup. SCIENCE 9 reasons to look up this May ...

The island of Sifnos perfectly combines Greek tradition with natural beauty, yet remains a little-known secret outside of ...

Ancient relics have been given a fresh lease of life in the Greek capital, where they’ve been reimagined and reworked to coexist with the 21st-century city, from fashion stores to classical ...

Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient astronomer Hipparchus. SCIENCE The world’s oldest map of the night ...

Episode 4: Ancient orchestra. Humans have been turning objects into musical instruments for tens of thousands of years. Take a listen to what prehistoric music might have sounded like.

From tastings with olive oil sommeliers to celebrating harvest season at family-run mills, here’s how to experience oleotourism and immerse yourself in the world of Greece’s “liquid gold.” ...

How did this royal tomb become an ancient wonder? Size and style. Built in the 4th century B.C., the lavish—and massive—Mausoleum at Halicarnassus awed onlookers for more than 1,600 years.

The map that NASA launched in 1972 could lead extraterrestrials to Earth. A new map, nearly 50 years later, provides even better directions. A sparkling mass containing at least half a million ...

But challenges to the preservation of these ancient cities remain. Mining and drilling for oil and gas threatens the delicate Ancient Puebloan sites in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, which led to ...

These 5 cities vanished without a trace. We're finally learning their stories. Historical sources are overflowing with mentions of places like Tanis, Helike, and Roanoke, but archaeologists are ...

In the Himalaya, this fault spans some 1,400 miles, and it has several kinks and bends—remnants from the ancient smashup that raised the mountains in the first place.

Jin Sato is the mayor of a town that no longer exists. Minamisanriku, a quiet fishing port north of Sendai in northeastern Japan, disappeared last March 11. Sato nearly did too. The disaster ...