Greece has long been a wildly popular tourist destination for Americans and Europeans alike. Here are a few must-see places to consider when planning your trip to the capital, Athens, and Greece’s rugged mountains and numerous islands. The Acropolis Towering over Athens,
Tutankhamun is the best-known pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, despite his relatively short time presiding over the kingdom. He spent just nine years on the throne before his death at 18, though his time in power saw several pivotal changes, many led by
Scrolls cocooned in volcanic ash that consumed the Roman city of Pompeii have been deciphered for the first time in 2,000 years. Using AI researchers were able to discern some meaning from the writings which were discovered in the doomed ancient Italian
United States Air Force (USAF) service members recently discovered an ancient campsite that dates back over 8,000 years, according to officials. The millennia-old ruins, which were found on Holloman Air Force Base, are believed to have been inhabited by the earliest settlers
Apollo is perhaps the most important and mysterious of all the ancient deities in Classical Greek and Roman mythology. He was the son of Zeus and Leto and was so skilled that he soon came to be known as the god of
Egypt has, throughout the years, unveiled some of the most coveted and promising archaeological treasures. Commencing in the mid-1880s, excavations in the North African nation commenced under the guidance of William Matthew Flinders Petrie, the esteemed English Egyptologist often hailed as the
The Tower of Babel is one of the world’s biggest mysteries: did it exist? Or was it simply a moral tool? It is perhaps one of the Bible’s more mysterious stories, found in Genesis 11:1-9 where the tower is said to have
Nearly 2,000 years after it was buried in volcanic ash, Pompeii is turning up yet more breathtaking ancient splendours. Archaeologists working at the site have uncovered perfectly preserved fresco paintings inside what they believe to be the private residence of a wealthy individual.
Archaeologists digging in an empty stretch of Lincolnshire countryside have found a 1,300-year-old hermitage on the site of an even older henge. While both discoveries amazed researchers, the henge has particularly piqued interest after it was found to date to the late
Italian archaeologists discovered a “practically intact” metal battle helmet during a recent search in the Ionian Sea. The Superintendence of the Sea (SopMare), a Sicilian governmental organization responsible for protecting ancient artifacts in sea waters, announced the discovery on Thursday. The object