The city of Thônis-Heracleion was once Egypt's largest port on the Mediterranean Sea, controlling trade for centuries before ...

A mass grave in the Negev excavated by the Israel Antiquities Authority sheds light on funerary, divination, and commercial practices in the first millennium BCE ...

The religions of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans, often simply called “classical religion,” are often viewed as ...

Known by the ancient ... adjoining temples, and in both cases, human victims had been sacrificed for them. Among the array of grave goods found with the Red Queen, her magnificent funerary mask ...

1214 This sacrament is called Baptism , after the central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein ... However, from ancient times it has also been able to be conferred ...

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

Archaeologists have already found more than 200 tombs—and they think that might be just the tip of the iceberg.

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

The temples are large and offer insight into life in ancient Egypt. Keep in mind that it can get hot (especially in the summer) and no drinks are sold inside, so pack water or purchase ...

The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in protest of conditions in highest-security prisons. By Alissa Wilkinson ...

We invited teenagers to write miniature memoirs about meaningful moments in their lives. Read the 20 winning stories. By The Learning Network This year’s Super Bowl was likely the biggest ...

Before heading to popular attractions like the Valley of the Kings and the Temple of Hatshepsut, stop at the Colossi of Memnon. This pair of statues, which stand about 59 feet tall and depict King ...