New study shows how Aeolus, the God of the Winds, helped unite Greek settlers and locals in ancient Sicily through shared ...

Experts said the fragment, recovered by divers from the Greek culture ministry, matched the style and dimensions of the ...

The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.

In the summer of 2025, underwater archaeologists found a Parthenon marble at the wreck of the Mentor, one of Lord Elgin's ships.

Excavations at the site of the 1802 Mentor shipwreck uncovered a marble fragment that may have ties to the Parthenon in Ancient Greece, officials say.

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, thunder and lightning strikes were the prime weapon of Zeus (the king of the gods, known to the Romans as Jupiter). Reminders of his power and wrath via ...

For modern residents of the Levant, the "Red Sea Trough" usually brings a brief, dusty transition between seasons. But ...

A recent underwater archaeological expedition off the coast of the Greek island of Kythera has yielded the discovery of a small marble decorative fragment. Interest in this piece of stone has been ...