The Louvre is the world's most visited museum and a cultural landmark in itself. Housed inside a former royal palace, it ...

A trip to Greece offers so much more than swimming in crystal-clear waters and visiting ancient ruins (though both are ...

UC archaeologists found a 3,500-year-old tomb of the 'Griffin Warrior' in Greece, revealing Mycenaean artifacts.

These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

He was contemplating the klismos, a sculptural chair with a curved backrest, woven seat, and tapered saber legs that swoop ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

A rare 5th-century BC bone stylus unearthed in Sicily features an erotic carving of the Greek god Dionysus—his bearded face ...

One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, albeit via a ...

The world is full of fascinating historic monument and ruins, but what has happened to them in the centuries since they fell ...

Archaeologists believe that the stylus was carved to resemble a herm, a type of sculpture in ancient Greece that was often ...

Did you know there's an art form that blends Ancient Greek and Buddhist traditions? Welcome to Greco-Buddhist art, aka ...

The Mediterranean beckons with a promise that modern life often breaks: time moves differently here. Away from the cruise ...