From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about the truth behind the Easter story.

In Greek mythology, Daedalus was commissioned by King Minos to build the labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur, a terrible beast ...

Legends of Crete with 172 ancient artifacts originating from the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Greece and 13 from the ...

For centuries, the spiritual land of Bihar has nurtured plenty of heritage art forms that reflect the rich ancient Indian civilization, diverse culture, and regional folktales. In the blessed hands of ...

PCAI artwork commission Observer caught up with Athanasios Polychronopoulos, the founder of PCAI and a passionate patron and collector with a sharp focus on new media and digital art, to learn ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Families were invited to the school to see an exhibition of the children’s artwork and pupils talked to the parents about how the art was created ... Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus and also ...

Who will be the next Griffin Herring? When it came to the bullpen, that was the question on LSU fans' minds heading into the season. Did the bullpen have someone who could throw multiple shutout ...

Dioscorides, a renowned ancient Greek physician and pharmacologist, documented medicinal plants and treatments, including early references to diabetes. Credit: Pedanius Dioscorides, Wikimedia Commons, ...

Science news this week includes "cosmic tornadoes" and surprises from ancient Egypt. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI/Tombos Archaeological Project) Jump to: ...

A 2007 paper had previously suggested that Prototaxites was ancient fungi. Loron and colleagues reached this conclusion by “contrasting the anatomy and molecular composition of Prototaxites with ...

Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marvelling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — exploring the remnants of Europe’s distant past brings a special thrill to ...