It’s astounding the things they leave lying around in Greece. Our ship has docked in ­Lavrio, southeast of Athens, and I’ve ...

In ancient times, Chalcis was settled by Ionian Greeks from Attica as an important trade post ... It became the base for the revolutionary Greek government on January 18, 1823 less than two years ...

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

This advancement allowed the transformation of flooded tropical savannahs into highly productive fields, thereby driving the development of the "Neolithic Revolution" in the Amazon, understood as the ...

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago.

even reflecting historical events such as the conquest of Greece by the Romans. The Aegean region gave rise to some of the earliest cultures of ancient Europe. The research team investigated when ...

‘It’s Greek to me!’” the researcher recalled, according to Gizmodo. The document is identified as prosecutors’ notes for a trial before Roman officials on the eve of the Bar-Kochba ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

Waitrose has reversed its decision to shrink the size and quality of its bathroom tissue following a revolt from customers. Hundreds of shoppers reacted with fury in June after The Telegraph ...