Archaeologists digging near the ancient city of Tenea in Greece have unearthed a monumental tomb complex housing precious ...

The gold ring, coins, and gold leaves found in ancient Corinth, Greece. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture The tomb ... before being converted into a healing sanctuary in the late Roman period. The ...

In addition to filling its new store with art pieces, the jewelry house has pledged 900,000 euros to support the city’s Museo ...

Coin weights were the pocket-sized guardians of fair trade. Before modern banking, coin weights ensured fair transactions and ...

Nyx is the is the Ancient Greek goddess of the night.  Unlike her sister, Eos, the goddess of the Dawn, Nyx is a mysterious figure.

The Vatican may have been home to a series of 16 erotic frescos that were quickly turned into a booklet with accompanying ...

Walking into the ruins of an ancient tomb in southern Greece, archaeologists inadvertently joined a centuries-long tradition.

During these thousand years, this period was nourished by legends and unfounded speculations, such as the alleged conversion of the Khazars, used to compensate for the lack of historical sources. It ...

One of Plutarch’s relatives pops up in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Hilarius Havensbee is a snobby (and pretty sexist) ...

On the west bank of the Achelous are the remains of one of the oldest shipyards in antiquity, that of the ancient Greek city ...

The Bank of Hindostan, General Bank of Bengal and Bengal Bank became the first banks in India to issue paper currency in the ...