Chalcolithic cornets are conical ceramic vessels produced exclusively during the Chalcolithic period, recovered in abundance at some archaeological sites but absent at others. Their function has long ...

Discovered in a Mediterranean shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism stunned historians with its intricate system of interlocking bronze gears dating back to around 100 BC. X-ray imaging later ...

In ancient Greece, music education was as important as philosophy in cultivating young people's souls, perceiving both ...

The sound of an ancient Greek lyre, built in a family workshop in Europo, Kilkis, played in cinemas worldwide as part of the soundtrack for the animated ...

Ancient Greek love spells were aggressive acts of psychological warfare designed to bind, torture, and enslave.

Its first resident was Haji Khalil Efendi, a kadi (judge) who lived there when the Greek Revolution broke out in Athens on ...

The parchments initially contained references to a star catalog and maps created during the second century B.C.E.

Long forgotten and hidden under layers of religious texts, the world’s earliest star catalog has just resurfaced. Scientists have managed to pull fragments of it from a 1,500-year-old manuscript by ...

The lights dimmed, and a hushed murmur of anticipation spread through the packed crowd at Beijing's Blue Note in January. This was no ordinary concert; it was a musical reinvention. At the heart of it ...

Researchers are using X-rays to discover invisible markings left on ancient parchment containing information from the Greek astronomer Hipparchus.

This article originally appeared in The Conversation. If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don’t just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus ...