BCE, a poetess named Sappho lived on a rocky Greek island far out in the Aegean Sea. She wrote about her love for women in ...

Mesopotamia, located in the fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was one of the cradles of civilization around 6000 years ago and the birthplace of the first writing system. Each ...

Cressida — Greek for “gold,” this name has been used in everything from Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida to Suzanne Collins ...

Ancient Greek mercenaries were a ubiquitous force on the battlefields of the ancient Mediterranean where they fought for ...

Ancient Greek trireme warships, which had three banks of oarsmen, were so effective that they enabled the rise of Athens as a ...

Yet around 1900 B.C., invaders wiped out the great city of Mohenjo-Daro. And, according to recently analyzed river sediment in the Arabian Sea ... The ancient Greek city-state of Helike ruled ...

From Hercules and Archimedes to Roman conquest, Billy Cotsis traces the rise and fall of Greek colonies across the Western Mediterranean — with Syracuse as their final stronghold ...

Yes, Erdogan is trying to establish himself as leader of the Islamic world and one can say that he has almost achieved that ...

Introduction Alexander the Great is known in the world as one of the greatest Emperors and warriors who fought and conquered ...

Cyprus, the island known for its lovely beaches and ancient ruins, is one of the few divided countries in the world, offering ...

(Naval Group) The first Kimon-class Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention Hellenic Navy (FDI HN) multimission frigate on order for Greece has embarked on its maiden set of sea trials. Announcing ...

More than 18,000 artefacts that have been excavated and documented from Keeladi over eight rounds of excavations ...