This medicinal plant was so coveted, it was worth its weight in gold. But this ultimately brought its downfall.

Archaeologist Stunned to Find an Ancient Church Buried in Lake After an Earthquake, Say It Was Built Over a Temple An ancient ...

Legend has it that the island of Ios, Greece was where Homer took his last breath and that now he lies in his tomb on a hill at Plakoto.

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

A jury has convened in London for an ancient ceremony to certify that British coins meet the strictest of standards ...

Some markings and a coin jammed between rock formations caught their attention — and for good reason. The traces revealed the chamber was once an ancient Roman sanctuary. A joint team of ...

Remarkably rare Roman-British hoard of 404 coins discovered in the Netherlands ... during the Hellenistic and Roman periods in Ancient Greece,” the researchers wrote.

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WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of ... across the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, demand for silver coins grew rapidly, requiring smelting that released lead, said ...

(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy ... across the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, demand for silver coins grew rapidly, ...