Secret hieroglyphs found in the Paris obelisk reveal how Pharaoh Ramses II used hidden messages to show divine power and ...

As I entered the Masonic Temple in Center City and walked between two sphinx statues guarding the entryway staircase, and ...

A team of researchers has just discovered a covered auditorium in Agrigento, Sicily. This type of structure’s rarity and age sheds light on the educational role of Greek gymnasiums in ancient times.

Learn fundamentals of neoclassical architecture, including the history behind this 18th-century style and famous ...

When one thinks of stunning architecture, it’s easy to be swept away by the romance of Europe—its cathedrals, castles, and ...

The new settlement has been found at Kom el-Nugus in northern Egypt, about 27 miles (43 km) west of Alexandria.

“It was nearly the only non-Egyptian decorative element in these temples.” The zodiac ceiling ... or hypsoma in Greek, which holds that the planets’ connections with particular zodiac ...

One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? How did they ...

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only exception?

The discovery suggested that in the years leading up to its overthrow, Teotihuacan’s presence in the Maya city probably involved an element of occupation or surveillance. Co-author Andrew Scherer, a ...

Archeologists have uncovered the burial in Liternum, an ancient town in Campania that flourished from the 1st century BC to ...

Financial markets often overreact, but this Trump slump is perfectly rational and explicable. Tariffs are taxes on goods, and ...