Ancient Greeks developed sophisticated units of measurement ranging from measuring length, distance, volume, and weight of solids and liquids ...

Have you ever wondered who is behind geometry's most fundamental truths? You guessed it: it is Euclid of Greece.

They were founded before 1900, endured two World Wars, two bankruptcies, the bailout-era crisis, and remained standing. Among ...

George Mason Friends Book Sale. At George Mason Regional Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale. Preview sale, ...

On a hot day in late april some 30 archaeologists, cultural officials and National Museum of Afghanistan staffers ... (from Persian to Classical Greek and Roman) and a high level of craftsmanship.

They were in fact Macedonian Greek, which makes Cleopatra ... Cleopatra's palace slid into the Mediterranean. Alexandria's magnificent lighthouse, library and museum are all gone.

The Department of Antiquities of the State of Libya and the Cleveland Museum of Art have agreed to a transfer of a statue ...

The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of ...

Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch, was found hanged in his Sunningdale home in March 2013. Born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Berezovsky converted to Russian Orthodoxy in 1994. His leap of ...

the Palace Museum is presenting the exhibition Daedalus: Legends of Crete, a display of 172 ancient artifacts from the collection of the Greek museum. It will run through July 27. Painted pottery ...

A 22-inch Roman Egyptian statue that stood quietly in the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) for more than three decades is now at ...