A cache of 337 coins bearing Cleopatra VII’s image sheds new light on the age of the Temple of Taposiris Magna—and the ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

Kings and Generals' animated series on Ancient Greece continues with the wars of the Diadochi, the successors of Alexander ...

The Yuezhi tribes of Central Asia, who had pushed the Shakas into the Indian subcontinent, were the last to make their way ...

A jury has convened in London for an ancient ceremony to certify that British coins meet the strictest of standards ...

Ruled by Hades, the god of the underworld, the infernal rivers of Greek mythology are often mentioned in ancient literature.

Some markings and a coin jammed between rock formations caught their attention — and for good reason. The traces revealed the chamber was once an ancient Roman sanctuary. A joint team of ...

While in northern Greece you’ll find Pella, the ruined city where Alexander was born, as well as the tomb of Philip and other Macedonian royals in a spectacular underground museum at Vergina (ancient ...

Credit: papadimitriou/Getty Images Alexander the Great is one of the most famous generals of the ancient world ... including those from the Greek historians Plutarch and Diodorus of Sicily.

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of ... across the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, demand for silver coins grew rapidly, requiring smelting that released lead, said ...