A stunning fresco discovered in Pompeii depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter and Leda, the Greek mythical queen ...

The carob seed which became the modern carats shows how ancient Greeks devised ingenious ways to ensure fairness in trade.

In Britain, archaeologists have found Iranian and Egyptian beads, Scandinavian amber items, Aegean metalwork, Cypriot and ...

Some of the similarities between ancient Rome at its height and the United States are obvious — from the sheer size of both ...

A room-sized, 3D diorama at the National Archeological Museum of Naples in Italy, depicts the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...

That’s the question a group of friends and I debated recently over a round of Spotted Cows. Minneapolis has the Juicy Lucy ...

He is also defined as the protector of thieves, merchants, flocks, and shepherds. The ancient city of Aspendos, located in present-day Antalya province, was a center during the Roman Empire ...

Built on the Gulf of Corinth, Lechaion was the largest harbor in ancient Greece, a hub for Phoenican, Mycenaean, Byzantine, and Roman ships ... which implies that merchants had been selling ...

Excavations on the ruins of a fountain in Aspendos—an ancient Greco-Roman city now located in ... shepherds, cattle, and merchants. Excavations at the site also uncovered pieces of other statues ...

Travellers to Alexandria in Egypt can visit the restored apartment of Constantine Cavafy, the favourite bard of Jackie ...