In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called “the Persian Destruction of Athens.” The destruction of the great city took ...

New research is shedding light on the bouleuterion building that once stood in the ancient city of Teos, located in ...

His story was told by the Greek historians Herodotus and Xenophon, and in the Hebrew bible he is praised for freeing the Jewish captives in Babylon. But the historical facts are intertwined with ...

New satellite technology is uncovering massive underground structures beneath the Faiyum region of Egypt, possibly linked to the legendary Labyrinth of Herodotus. Scans reveal a network of hidden ...

One such source is Herodotus, a Greek historian and geographer from the fifth century BC. He described the Scythians as fierce and elusive, saying, “None who attacks them can escape, and none can ...

Herodotus claimed that India was home to giant gold-digging ants—was it a traveler’s tale, a lost truth, or something stranger? This mystery still baffles historians! Elon Musk goes behind-the ...

WITH sea levels expected to rise by 0.4 meters in the western Philippines by 2060, environmental scientists and academic leaders are pushing the immediate prioritization of blue carbon ecosystems, ...

ABSTRACT: This paper shows written and drawn Bronze Age geoglyphs on the Croatian Adriatic mountain Biokovo, which reveals the Greek mythological world. Drawings of Greek Titans and the twelve ...