Greece is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the War Museum’s founding with a commemorative coin, honouring those who fought for the nation’s freedom. Established in 1964 and inaugurated in 1975, the ...

Bull heads like these were used throughout ancient Greece and Rome to both ward off evil spirits and symbolize strength and ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and while only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains intact, we’ve ...

Athens' oldest coins were created from silver originating around the world, a study suggests, revealing an unknown ancient ...

The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple ...

the messenger of Zeus in ancient Greek mythology. Statue fragments of other deities including Eros, Aphrodite, Artemis and Nemesis have also been discovered at the site. According to a statement ...

Count em! One, two, three - anyway... there are SEVEN wonders of the ancient world, so let's sing along to them in this new Horrible Histories song!

Ancient Cyprus offers a particularly important example of writing system use with some surprising ramifications for endangered languages today. Throughout the first millennium BCE, the islanders wrote ...

By Graham Bowley The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning to Greece the bronze head of a ... that has been expanded from six to 11. The ancient Greeks often decorated their bronze cauldrons ...

For over 2,500 years, the tree has remained a worthy symbol of Athens, an undying and ancient representation of prosperity, peace, hope, and resurrection. According to Greek mythology ... the control ...

and Zeus (reverse), to raise his brand as a divine ruler. Credit: American Numismatic Society. Public domain Alexander the Great took coin branding to unprecedented heights, making ancient Greek brand ...