Using the synchotron particle accelerator, scientists read the erased ancient text of a Hipparchus astronomical manuscript.

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Can the myth of the Labyrinth of Knossos be explained by the Minoan civilization? This article examines the evidence.

The Mediterranean Sea used to be filled with pirates who terrorized not only Ancient Greece but Rome as well. Long before the ...

Hidden on the northwest tip of Crete, Greece, Balos Lagoon remains a pristine escape — unreachable by road, unforgettable by ...

It is quite remarkable that any nonprofit professional organization reaches the “one hundred years” mark. In the instance of The Philadelphia Classical Society, encouraging the study of Latin and ...

Delve into ancient Crete and the Minoan civilization as archaeologists attempt to find the legendary labyrinth of the minotaur. Did this monster of the ancient Greek world really exist and is his ...

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Rachael Mead does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

New research has mapped 16 extensive, interlaced river systems on Mars, dating back approximately 3.7 billion years to the Early Hesperian Period. These large river systems, despite covering only ...

The Greek government says an airport radar installation on a Cretan hilltop won’t harm a recently discovered Proto-Minoan labyrinth-like monument at the same site, but local authorities and residents ...