No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains, writes David ...

In the ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt, a great library burned. It was said by some to have held upwards of half a million ...

New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity ...

Ancient Greece’s ... the great city of Alexandria, Egypt, which, under the leadership of his general Ptolemy, became the preeminent Greek polis of science and civilization in the ancient world. Its ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Veteran conservative lawmaker Constantine Tassoulas has been sworn in as Greece’s new president, replacing Katerina Sakellaropoulou. The 65-year-old lawyer and former ...

Ann-Louise Schallin and Dr. Niklas Eriksson, the team has conducted a meticulous study of the seabed in a key area of the ancient harbor. View of the discovery site. Credit: Ministry of Culture of ...

The ancient city of Alexandria is collapsing into the Mediterranean Sea at an unprecedented rate, with rising sea levels and erosion destroying its foundations. The historic city of Alexandria, the ...

She taught philosophy and science at the famous Library of Alexandria, attracting students from across ... Sappho is one of the most renowned lyric poets of ancient Greece, often referred to as the ...

Over a million years ago, ancient human ancestors sat down to shave flakes off bones, producing a tool with a carefully created sharp edge. According to Jackson Njau, an archaeologist at ...

Study co-lead Professor Tim Johnson, from Curtin University, said the discovery significantly challenged previous assumptions about our planet's ancient history. "Before our discovery, the oldest ...

The researchers warn that the city - once home to two wonders of the ancient world, the Great Library of Alexandria and the ... This covered from Greece in the west, to Egypt in the south, Danube ...