Classical studies scholar Liu Xiaofeng says that the academic progress seen in the study of Western classics will surely help ...

More than 40 foreign experts in classical studies from 13 countries visited Henan's heritage sites, Longmen Grottoes and the ...

There is no doubt that Europe is home to a wealth of historical sites that will transport you back in time, although you ...

The Suda, the massive tome written by a Byzantine scholar around the year 1100, was one of the world's first encyclopedias and lexicons.

Christos Tsirogiannis has made repatriating stolen antiquities his life’s work, he tells BIRN – but it’s often been a ...

A farmhouse in Çorum, Turkey has yielded an unexpected discovery: a Byzantine-era inscription commemorating a young man named ...

From the heart of Mesopotamia to the heights of the Roman Empire, ancient civilizations have left an indelible mark on the ...

A recent exhibition in Athens highlighting Moore’s concern with light and the history of sculpture is part of a broader mission to shed new light, gradually, on his life and work ...

A group of Turkish and Spanish scientists has revealed the results of an archaeological study in western Turkey that challenges the accepted historical dates of an aqueduct near the ancient city of ...

Greece has some true hidden gems when it comes to its ancient villages. Tourism has yet to spoil these towns that are steeped in history.

By Alison Habens In the beginning, there was just one, unnamed, muse. The blind bard Homer (a poet born around 850BC) invoked ...

President Theodore Roosevelt was inspired by the artistic merit of ancient coins and sought to change the look of American coinage. In 1905 he asked famous sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create ...