Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies emit ‘woody,’ ‘spicy,’ and ‘sweet’ scents, revealing details about embalming practices. The ...

The collision occurred between the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and the merchant vessel ...

The city of Thônis-Heracleion was once Egypt's largest port on the Mediterranean Sea, controlling trade for centuries before ...

Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...

Climate change, invasions, and economic decline contributed to the collapse of Mediterranean Bronze Age civilizations.

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records ... Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy - and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea ...

Rivers may have operated on a global scale around 3.5 billion years ago. The new find comes courtesy of ancient rocks in China and South Africa. A change in rock chemistry around that time ...

Lead pollution in the Aegean Sea region may have begun around 5,200 years ago ... around 2,150 years ago are likely linked to the expansion of the Roman Empire into Ancient Greece at that time. This ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy ... As Roman trade, colonies and shipping expanded across the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, demand for silver coins grew ...