Ancient Greek sanctuaries were places of worship, but they also served as business centers, attracting large numbers of ...

Was Lycurgus of Sparta involved in the founding of the Olympic Games, as ancient Greek tradition claims? What does the ...

Host nation Italy is going to really spread around the honors at the upcoming Milan-Cortina Olympics with an unprecedented four flag bearers for the opening ceremonies.

Judith Francisca Baca was born in 1946 in Watts, a southern Los Angeles district.  Her parents were Mexican-Americans, and ...

Visitors to Athens can now enjoy an unobstructed view of the Parthenon. The scaffolding on the western façade, set up for conservation work 20 years ago, has been removed.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When New York-based jeweller Sarah Ysabel Narici was designing her take on a hoop earring for her brand Dyne, ...

Mark W. Post does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered the text on the Rosetta stone, opening a window into ancient Egyptian civilization. The stone had been ...

Were the ancient Greeks guilty of racism as we understand it today, or did they see difference in another way? In this video, we examine the surviving sources, from philosophy to literature, to ...

The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ground in soft clouds, carrying a faint scent that seems older than time ...

Cave paintings are often called the first art ever made. But can we really call these early cave people artists?

For decades, the USA Olympic team was only allowed to have American amateur players. It was only until the 1992 Olympics that NBA players were finally given the green light to participate in the ...