Irreplaceable cave paintings recognized as UNESCO World Heritage have been defaced by modern vandals. This shocking act has destroyed priceless links to our prehistoric past.

2. Thebes, Greece The birthplace of mythical Greek hero Hercules, Thebes was affectionately referred to as “Seven-Gated Thebes,” to differentiate it from Thebes in Egypt. This large city had ...

Ephesus: An ancient Greek city-state in Anatolia. A well-preserved facade of the Celsus Library. Credit: Benh LIEU SONG Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 While Athens and Sparta dominate history book ...

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest ...

Two rock paintings created around 3,000 to 4,000 years ago have been discovered in Gansu Province, northwest China, confirmed local authorities.

Performances will run from April 9 - 13; Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at the ATA, 314 W. 54th St. New York City. Oedipus' two sons were supposed to rule Thebes in ...

Thebes was once ancient Egypt's capital and the cultic center of its most prominent god: Amun. It also was home to one of the largest temple precincts in the ancient world: Karnak.

New research has found that ancient Greece may harbor the oldest known evidence of lead pollution. After analyzing sediment cores from Greece’s mainland and the Aegean Sea, scientists identified ...

A yearslong construction project for a new subway system in Thessaloniki, Greece, has unveiled thousands of ancient artifacts, many of which have been incorporated into the metro station's design ...