Ancient Greek physicians like Aretaeus and Hippocrates described and treated diabetes-like symptoms thousands of years ago.

The Rod of Asclepius is a striking emblem: a simple staff with a lone snake coiled around it, universally acknowledged as a symbol of medicine and healing.

Based on these ancient sources, two separate methods of applying perfumes to Greco-Roman statues can be identified. The first ...

The history of medicine is filled with remedies that, viewed through a modern lens, seem perplexing, misguided or downright ...

Archaeologists Baffled to Find Several Clay Fingers Offered as Anatomical Votive Offerings to the 'Healing Serpent' For ...

In southern Greece, a monumental ancient tomb was discovered to have been used as a burial site for centuries before […] ...

A 2,000-year-old Greek tomb has revealed a gold ring of Apollo with a healing serpent, uncovering a lost link between ancient medicine, spirituality, and the afterlife.

The collection’s first stop is the Art Institute of Chicago. Titled “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection,” the exhibition will feature 58 sculptures ...

The Ides of March, a day of misfortune and doom, is associated with perhaps the most infamous Roman leader, Julius Caesar – or more importantly, his death, solidified by the soothsayer’s warning in ...

For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...

Before World War II, the Nazis sought an ancient Roman manuscript to prove the existence of a superior race linked to Atlantis. Credit: GreekReporter Archives In the years before World War II, the ...

the use of perfumes and aromatic substances in ancient Greek and Roman statues. This revelation challenges the long-held view of classical sculpture as merely a visual art form, introducing a ...