Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered what is believed to be a 2,000-year-old tomb adorned with two bull heads during an excavation in an ancient Roman ... after the Greek word for "ox skull ...

July 10, 2024 — Ancient DNA from bones and teeth hints at a role of the plague in Stone Age population collapse. Contrary to previous beliefs, the plague may have diminished Europe's populations ...

Ancient Sea Cow Attacked by a Crocodile and Sharks Sheds New Light on Prehistoric Food Chains Aug. 29, 2024 — A new study showing how a prehistoric sea cow was preyed upon by not one ...

When was Ancient Greece ... Image caption, Artwork of a bull on a wall in Knossos Palace, Greece. After the Minoans came the Mycenaean civilisation. They were superb builders and traders, but ...

Blazing balls of tar were attached to the horns of a bull during the ancient Toro de Jubilo festival in the Spanish town of Medinaceli. The tradition, which takes place in November each year ...

The small bull statuette is believed to have ... to be at least 2,500 years old has been unearthed in Greece following heavy rain near the ancient site of Olympia. Burn marks on the statuette ...

the pebbled design is part of a 2,400-year-old floor Sonja Anderson Houses and businesses across the Greek capital incorporate—or obscure—structures spanning the city’s ancient, Byzantine ...

These ancient nomads made human leather out of their enemies These ancient nomads made human leather out of their enemies The Dial of Destiny is real—and was found in an ancient shipwreck The ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The temples and theatres of the ancient Greek world are widely known, but there is less familiarity with the houses in which people lived.

One major reason why ancient Greece was dominated by small city-states and independent towns, rather than by one all-powerful king, is its geography. The country's mountainous terrain, many ...