They both uttered the word, xenis, in their perfect local-dialect Greek; he in passing to a busboy ... location has been lost ...

The Trojan king Laomedon(?) from the east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia on Aegina (c. 490-480 BC). The scene is thought to depict Hercules’ attack on the city of Troy. (Glyptothek, Munich). Credit: ...

Similar to other ancient artifacts, historians are keeping the ... According to Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Linear B represented an archaic Greek language, with an adoption of Greek dialects.

Once constructed, the network helped transport ideas, religions, commodities and currencies across the ancient world. While the connection between Europe and East Asia was severed in 1453 when the ...

Experts believe they may have finally solved the centuries-old mystery of America's lost Roanoke colony through hidden details discovered in a 400-year-old map. A blank spot on the historic "La ...

The Babycenter blog, an American parenting website says that the Ancient Greek ... The world maps we all used before Google came along are called Atlas maps in honor of this very god. Leander means ...

in northwest Greece. In August, construction workers installing underground water pipelines in a town north of Athens uncovered an ancient mosaic of dancing satyrs. A monumental building with lion ...