A Cambrian fossil once thought to be a mollusk ancestor is now identified as a chancelloriid relative, reshaping ideas about ...

The recorded history of wine in Ancient Greece begins around the 15th century BC, while viticulture appears to have existed very early.

These findings offer valuable insights into human history, population dynamics, and the eventual collapse of the Classic Maya ...

In Homer’s Odyssey, composed in the 7th century BCE, Odysseus is a king. As such, he obviously has a palace of sorts on ...

There's always been a deep-seated rejection of monarchy in Greece, favoring accountable, accessible leaders over distant, ...

This armor wasn't just for show. It could have seen deadly combat during the epic Trojan War.

The Trojan War, famously recounted by 8th century BCE poet Homer in the Iliad, has been a subject of awe and debate among scholars, ancient and modern, for over 2,000 years. While the views of modern ...

But what is the oldest bridge in the world that is still standing? It is a corbel arch bridge, constructed during the Mycenaean Period, in the Bronze Age, some 3,354 years ago. Incredibly, it is still ...

Now, following that exhibition, we see the highly interesting exhibition on the “Mycenaean Alchemists,” which reveals a lot about how people of the time acted in relation to burial customs ...

"For the first time, we are looking into the face of a woman from a kingdom associated with Helen of Troy—Helen's sister, Clytemnestra, was queen of Mycenae in legend—and from where the poet ...

Groundbreaking discoveries from the tomb of the Griffin Warrior go on display for the first time in Greece, revealing the splendour ... offering an in-depth look at the artistic achievements of the ...

Mycenae and its civilisation gave its name to an entire historical period between the 17th and ... The settlement was excavated for the first time by the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who ...