Apollodotus II is known for issuing bilingual coins with Greek and Kharosthi (script) inscriptions called drachmas, which had ...

Bodies, potentially decaying, were a more common sight in ancient Rome than now. Suetonius, writing in the first century CE, ...

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Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana Jones movie. From its beginnings as an accidental discovery to the recent ...

They’re cute, companionable and have the most fantastic pompons, but what else makes Poodles the fifth most popular dog?

Artifacts in Greek Mythology The Armor of Achilles Towards the end of Homer’s Iliad, Patroclus, the cousin of Achilles, donned his armor and led the Myrmidons into battle. In the ensuing fight between ...

Italy lowered tax on artworks to 5 percent amid pressure from galleries and artists. Plus, Picasso's ceramics studio will ...

Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the oldest Greek marble altar ever found in the western Mediterranean. The discovery was made during the latest excavation campaign at the ancient site of ...