In Greek mythology, Daedalus was commissioned by King Minos to build the labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur, a terrible beast with a bull head. When Athenian hero Theseus penetrated the labyrinth and ...

Visitors are shown signature painted pottery vessels from the Minoan civilization in the Shenwumen Gallery of the Palace Museum in Beijing on Monday.[Photo provided by Jiang Dong/China Daily] A ...

For over two thousand years, successive societies forged the civilization of ancient Greece. From the early societies of the ...

The new Greek trip, called Greece: Mythology of Athens, Peloponnese & Rhodes, is an eight-day itinerary that includes a visit ...

The Samnites were Italic tribes that migrated from Central Europe to the mountainous south-central region of Italy in the 9th century BC.

Bo Haikun, research fellow at the Exhibition Department of the Palace Museum, told the Global Times that they have made a dedicated effort to reinterpret ancient Greek myths and historical ...

While the rundown outskirts are certainly serving 'shabby chic', the heart of Greece's ancient capital is extraordinarily ...

BCE is the traditional date of the founding of Rome. What does archaeology reveal about when it was really founded?

The Bible tells of a fateful encounter between an Egyptian Pharaoh and a King of Judah at "Armageddon". Archaeologists found ...

Off the tourist trail yet rich in history, the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus offers a powerful journey through Greece’s ...