Archaeologists have found something unexpected inside a 1,600-year-old Roman-era Egyptian mummy: a fragment of Homer's Iliad. It wasn't placed beside the body, but inside the mummy's abdomen. But the ...

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The ruins of Lagina in southwestern Turkey are home to what is believed to be the largest shrine to Hekate, an ancient ...

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Starting at the birthplace of Buddhism, a writer traces how its teachings spread across Asia, transforming the continent ...

While Bodiam Castle itself is widely studied, the earlier use of the surrounding land, particularly near the River Rother, has remained largely a mystery until now. The Venus fragment, found by ...

Diana is one of the most fascinating figures in Roman mythology, known as the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, and ...

Enjoy the constellation Leo the Lion in the western sky. Don’t wait too long to see it, though. Around the start of June, Leo ...

The walls of a corridor that once linked two theatres in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii hold hundreds of inscriptions made ...

Joint operation also sees return of 2,500-year-old silver coin, one of two known examples in the world, as officials stress importance of international cooperation to combat looting The post ...

For many, winning a huge sum of money by simply answering a question about sport is an unattainable dream, but since 1998 ...