In Padula, Campania, the discovery of nineteen ancient tombs has uncovered valuable artifacts, including a rare diobol coin ...

Many varieties of ancient Greek healing herbs grow on "Asclepius Path," Mount Kerketion, where god of medicine, Asclepius, collected them.

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

One of those what ifs was Hercules Hernandez, a man who drew your attention as soon as he stepped out from behind the curtain due to his imposing, tank-like physique. During his career, Hercules ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...

Many modern Americans met them in Disney form through 1997’s Hercules. But for sheer darkness and palace ... The hot-headed, thunderbolt-wielding, amorous overlord of Olympus. In some ancient epoch, ...

Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac stones, located in Brittany in northwestern France, date back around 6,000 years. They consist of about 3,000 stones ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

Gatcha may be the only place on Earth where patrons can score an Hermès bag for $50. The only requirement is a lightning-fast reaction time. At the 9,000-square-foot arcade in Queens, N.Y., a $ ...

Eurystheus ordered Hercules to bring this deer ... in “The Birds.” Apollo, Hermes and Pan were all flock protectors, and both sheep and goats were commonly sacrificed to these and other gods. As ...