The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.

The daily life in Ancient Greece revolved around work, family, education, and religion, shaping a civilization that still influences world.

A new study on ancient societies from around the world is rewriting what we thought we knew about democracy. A team of researchers analyzed archaeological and historical evidence from 31 ancient ...

As such, the palimpsest hosts a number of 10th century treatises by the Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes of Syracuse (though the original texts would have been centuries older). Notably, ...

Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.

History has a strange habit of forgetting its own brilliance. Civilizations rose, fell, and took entire libraries of ...

Of the many lead sling bullets discovered at Hippos over the last 26 years, this is the first to carry a message of some kind.

"St. Patrick warned civilization may pass 'in a moment like a cloud of smoke that is scattered by the wind.' And if it falls, author Thomas Cahill argues it will ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence that a weapon known as the polybolos—or multi-thrower—was used during the Roman conquest ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.

Roughly 2,000 years ago, a traveler from southern India stood inside the sacred tombs of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings and decided to leave his mark. The man, named Cikai Korran, carved his name into ...

The Archimedes Palimpsest, a 10th century collection of the Greek mathematician’s treatises, changed hands many time—some ...