Archaeologists in Crete have uncovered a 3,800-year-old Minoan ritual of demolishing tombs and a communal feast.

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

Ever wonder why it’s called Europe? The answer lies in ancient mythology, where a Phoenician princess, a Greek god, and a daring abduction gave rise to the name of an entire continent.

The many Punic settlements in north Africa and Sicily help explain admixtures from those parts of the world. But the Greek ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

Scientists from the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have led an international team on an expedition in and around ...

After the famous Minoan eruption, when was Santorini resettled? Thankfully, archaeological and historical evidence provides ...

Maro Gorky talks about misognist art school tutors, family friend Francis Bacon, and her new career retrospective at the ...

In Greek mythology, Daedalus was commissioned by King Minos to build the labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur, a terrible beast ...

A new study led by Amy Bogaard, Professor of European Archaeology, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, reveals that ...

A major exhibition showcasing the ancient Minoan civilisation of Greece opened on Monday at the Palace Museum in Beijing, ...

Legends of Crete with 172 ancient artifacts originating from the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Greece and 13 from the ...