Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s masterpiece captures the folly of humanity’s desire to reach heaven on its own terms.

While exploring the ruins of Finziade, the last Greek colony on the island of Sicily, archaeologists discovered a mold that [ ...

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to ...

Food, music and culture have made the Italian southern city of Naples famous around the globe. But there’s another Neapolitan tradition that fascinates locals and visitors alike: the c ...

Italian and Greek authorities are investigating two separate incidents involving tankers that were damaged in January and February, the vessels' Athens-based operator Thenamaris said. Thenamaris said ...

Before presidential addresses and social media, ancient rulers used coins as a form of marketing to reach their people in ...

The great mystery of the Minoan Phaistos Disc has been "solved by 99 percent" says linguist and archaeologist Gareth Owens.