Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...
Many varieties of ancient Greek healing herbs grow on "Asclepius Path," Mount Kerketion, where god of medicine, Asclepius, ...
Plans for a solar farm near ancient ruins in Kent have been unveiled, prompting some to worry the area will be turned into a ...
The Timeless Enigma of Stonehenge Stonehenge, nestled in the verdant landscapes of Wiltshire, England, stands as a testament ...
AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted with a fury that buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum under layers of ash and pumice.
The Bronze Age footprints stand as a dark omen of the Roman-era disaster—one that clearly went unnoticed through centuries of ...
South Asia was once the eastern part of the Ancient Greek world, a pivotal yet little explored part of the Greek empire and ...
Students adventured around the globe this winter break, seeing sites in cities from Rome to Cuzco to Berlin. INDS 214: ...
If you go without a tour, you can hire a guide at the entrance to the ruins. The Maya were never centralized in one capital. Instead, the civilization resembled ancient Greece, with competing, ...
Archaeologists excavated the ruins of an ancient Roman dignitary’s house and found a water collection system, a carving and tax collection jars. Photo from Piotr Jaworski via the University of ...
Archaeologists sifted through the ruins of the Domus Aurea ... pigment dates back over 5,000 years to ancient Egypt and was popular in the Roman Empire. The block of blue pigment measured about ...