On May 29th, Twitter user @thetornuproad [8] quoted the meme by saying, "random person who has a crush on me: omg … we could go on picnics … listen to sufjan stevens togetber / me: WHO ARE YOU I AM ...

The metro system in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki opened Saturday featuring driverless trains, and tens of thousands of people braved blustery, rainy weather to wait outside the stations ...

Choking on his own blood, the king called Clytemnestra a name that can only be translated as “bitch-face.” Even though she has been portrayed as a villain in numerous ancient Greek tragedies, few ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Egyptian temple hidden in a cliff face. The temple dates to around 2,100 years ago and was discovered at the site of Athribis, located about 125 miles (200 ...

A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – cousins of the Denisovans and Neanderthals – that once lived alongside Homo sapiens in eastern Asia more than 100 ...

For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India's southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ancient folk ritual. Rooted in ancient tribal traditions, theyyam predates ...

From Apollo to Zeus, the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses are the most powerful deities in the pantheon of ancient Greek mythology and religion. The Greek gods — and the Roman gods they inspired — ...

Koumartzis, 41, is continuing a family tradition focusing on making replicas of ancient Greek musical instruments based on old images on frescoes and vases going back centuries. "It all started ...

A series of preserved footprints have revealed the co-existence of two ancient human species. The fossils provide the first physical confirmation that Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei lived ...

A yearslong construction project for a new subway system in Thessaloniki, Greece, has unveiled thousands of ancient artifacts, many of which have been incorporated into the metro station's design ...

The area was known as Triphieion (or Tripeion) to ancient Greeks living in the region after the 7th century BCE. As part of the excavations—led jointly by Mohamed Abdel Badie and Christian Litz ...

Even though many ancient Greeks were strong and well-trained, statues of the time went beyond naturalistic representation to showcase an ideal form of beauty. Image: Ancient Greek statue of Hermes by ...