Ancient frescoes like the Greek monkeys suggest Europe and south Asia had trade links as long as 3,600 years ago.

The Monday letters page wants to know the best game to play only a long haul flight, as one reader reveals the best video game name ever.

The Rosetta Stone played a vital role in researchers deciphering hieroglyphics. It was found in 1799, but wasn't fully deciphered until many years later.

The announcement comes as the Greek government seeks to address the strain on local infrastructure and environmental resources caused by a surge in visitor numbers. Greece’s Prime Minister ...

Figs, Syko in Greek, represented an important product of the ancient Athenian economy. Credit: E.Abadjieva/Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0 We all know about the great richness of Greek words and how ...

The Dayton Greek Festival will return in full effect this year on Friday, Sept. 6 and run through Sunday, Sept. 8. Last year, organizers were forced to cancel the festival due to infrastructure ...

LIU JIAN/FOR CHINA DAILY Another four ancient Chinese irrigation projects have been designated as World Heritage Irrigation Structures, increasing the number of Chinese facilities on the WHIS list ...

A collection of ancient silver coins was unearthed recently on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said this week. The treasure trove dates back more than 2,000 years, with the ...

which is one of the largest such sites in the Mediterranean and includes the remains of an ancient Greek colony founded in the 7th century BC. The discovery was on the same site where 107 Roman ...

In that glacial sample from the Himalayas, scientists have now identified more than 1,700 ancient viruses, though they note that these species do not infect humans. Their findings, tracing how the ...

Between 1550 and 30 B.C., many ancient Egyptian paintings and sculptures depicted men and women wearing small, conical adornments on top of their heads. The type of activities people did while ...