On the coast of the Cyrenaica region in present-day Libya lies the ancient city of Ptolemais ... as evidenced by the stone containers likely used to store taxes or tributes in kind. Among the most ...

One of the few women in Ancient Greek academe, Hypatia of Alexandria was a renowned philosopher and mathematician — and she was killed because of it. People primarily remember Hypatia of Alexandria, ...

An ancient Greek inscription on a marble slab that was recently found in storage at a Scottish museum is a “graduate school yearbook” with a list of Greek names, historians say. Experts analyzed the ...

Beauty was extremely important in ancient Greece and not just for women but for men, as well. As admirers of beauty, ancient Greeks placed great emphasis on healthy skin, and, naturally, they ...

Five years into the massive overhaul of the historic Salt Lake Temple, workers recently completed a three-year project to delicately drill 46 holes down through its stone walls. Workers used ...

It seems very little has changed from the days of the ancient Greek and Roman empires when ... Tourists marveled at the immense temples and walls of hieroglyphic writing. When Germanicus visited ...

In 2019, another ancient Greek skull showing evidence of brain surgery was found in Turkey. Researchers believe that surgery was performed to treat a headache. In addition to the medical care these ...

and how they compared what they found with prior research regarding how ancient human ancestors chose tools for various purposes. Previous research has shown that the oldest known use of stone ...

Lieutenant Pierre-François Bouchard quickly recognised that the stone was unusual. Its surface was engraved with three distinct scripts: hieroglyphics, demotic, and ancient Greek. Scholars in Napoleon ...

A major road has been forced to close in Jersey after a car crashed into a wall causing dramatic damage. Officers from Jersey Police were called to Pier Road at around 6:45am on Tuesday 31 December.