Most scientists claim that Romans adopted their gods directly from the Greeks. The reality, however, is more complicated.

Kings and Generals' Ancient Civilizations documentary series continues with an episode exploring ancient racism and whether the Ancient Greeks were racist, based on primary sources. The video examines ...

Many people have heard the name of Orestes, a prominent figure of ancient Greek mythology, but how many of us know his ...

"Classical scholars have always considered the ancient Greeks, particularly Hippocrates, as being the fathers of medicine but our findings suggest that the ancient Egyptians were practising a credible ...

recounting historic events or exalting the social values of the aristocracy from whose ranks most guests were drawn. The word skolion means “sideways” in ancient Greek, a reference to how the ...

Lead pollution in and around the Aegean Sea dates back to the Bronze Age and shows a strong spike associated with Roman ...

The ancient Greeks often decorated their bronze cauldrons ... On its website, the Met said that the cauldrons set on tripods or conical stands were often used as votive gifts dedicated in Greek ...

Such ornaments often decorated the rims of bronze cauldrons that were offered as votive gifts in ancient Greek sanctuaries from the sixth century BC to the eight century BC. Following its ...