The “Vatican Amphora,” which depicts ancient Greek warriors Ajax and Achilles playing a board game. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain Gambling, one of the most common vices in the world, has a ...

A rare ancient Greek helmet is heading to the auction block, where experts expect it to sell for as much as £90,000 (roughly $111,000). Made between 500 and 450 B.C.E., it’s “one of the best preserved ...

Amusingly, he later admitted his motivation to embody the ancient Greek warrior Achilles by getting super-jacked was likely part of “an impending mid-life crisis”. To make audiences believe in him as ...

Accidental archaeological discoveries are relatively common in Greece, a country renowned for its ancient heritage, and often made during building construction or public works. In December, workers ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized ...

Historians have argued that similar helmets were worn by ancient warriors of many ... a kind of ancient Greek foot soldier who wore heavy armor to shield themselves. These pieces were often ...

The discovery of ancient artifacts in surprising places is not uncommon in a country as rich in history and archaeology as Greece. Relics are often unearthed during construction projects ...

In this modern age of near constant innovation, the shield, a piece of technology with its origins in the distant past, has been given a new purpose even in the twenty-first century. The famous TV ...

Associate Professor and Director, Ancient Israel Program ... Alexander the Great was the first person to put his own image on Greek coins, hitherto the preserve of the gods.

Twenty-five hundred years ago the ancient Greeks were highly superstitious ... Herms were also believed to provide protection against enemies—not unlike the huge circular shields carried by Greek ...

Alexander the Great was the first person to put his own image on Greek coins, hitherto the preserve ... holding Victory in her hand with a spear and shield, and the inscription naming King Alexander.

An ancient Greek statue of a woman seemingly using a laptop has sparked online theories about time travel. Titled “Grave Naiskos of an Enthroned Woman with an Attendant,” the 37-inch marble sculpture, ...