The words to the US National Anthem were written by Francis Scott Key, as he watched the British Royal Navy bombarding Fort ...

The performers are Thanasis Kleopas (lyre and voice), who has performed live worldwide on an ancient Greek lyre drawing inspiration from Greek folk music; and Theodoros Koumartzis (lyre), a member of ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

The Greek municipality of Tenea boasts a rich ancient history—and the archaeological artifacts to prove it. Finds in the region have long hinted at a once-thriving settlement, with the latest ...

Young Hong Kong musicians are recreating the “lost music” of ancient China through unique compositions and have performed the pieces in the West for the first time with groundbreaking concerts ...

New evidence has led to an update of when an ancient ice sheet that used to cover large portions of North America melted – a discovery has implications for modern ice sheets and glaciers in the face ...

[1] For most people, gourds are for eating, not for making music. In Chinese music ... illustrations of phoenixes and generic scenes from ancient China, while others are decorated with Chinese ...

Schliemann's haul from Troy, on view at the Neues Museum in Berlin Public domain via Wikimedia Commons But whether the ancient residents of Troy truly sipped wine out of these goblets has long ...