Fragments of two lost ancient Greek plays by playwright Euripides found in Egypt were remade into a play combining theater / ...

The tale of Salmoneus, the king who dared to imitate Zeus, reveals ancient fears of hubris, madness, and divine punishment.

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

Amazons fight Greeks on a terra-cotta lekythos (oil flask) from the fifth century B.C. Amazon battle scenes, known as Amazonomachy, were popular in ancient Greek art. Metropolitan Museum, New York ...

Wargames Atlantic has added a new 28mm plastic set for their Classic Fantasy collection. The Satyr Brutes are on the warpath, ...

The ancient Near East, a region extending from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea to present-day Afghanistan, was home to several of the world's oldest civilizations. Favored with an ...

The Colossus: a monumental marvel The Colossus of Rhodes was a large bronze statue of the Greek sun-god Helios, erected in ...

Boulad’s research showed him that “the oldest traces of Tahtib were to be found on ancient engravings in the archaeological site of Abusir, an extensive necropolis of the Old Kingdom period ...

People know they’re welcome, even without an invitation, so they just come. Locals, foreigners—everyone,” Dakis Joannou told ...