The modern era is often seen as the triumph of science over supernaturalism. But what really happened is far more interesting ...

However, in Greece ... Minoan kitchen, Miletus Museum. Credit: Dosseman, CC-BY-SA-4.0 / Wikimedia Commons The fact that marrying within one’s own family was so predominant amongst Ancient Minoans on ...

Those of Alexander came from Amphipolis, Miletus, Tarsus, and Salamis in Cyprus ... of the Persian Empire infused unprecedented wealth into the ancient world economy, particularly in Greece. Alexander ...

The two left Antioch of Syria for Cyprus then onto Perga in Pamphylia, an ancient ... and Greece again to encourage the believers in all the towns he passed through. On his journey to Jerusalem, Paul ...

Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece.

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought.

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...

They were found in a peat bog in northeastern Greece near the island of Thasos, an ancient hub for silver mining and metalwork. “Peat cores don’t receive any fluvial [river] input, so it’s ...

Originally from the city of Miletus in Asia Minor, Aspasia moved to Athens, where she became known for her intellect and ...

even reflecting historical events such as the conquest of Greece by the Romans. The Aegean region gave rise to some of the earliest cultures of ancient Europe. The research team investigated when ...