What did the ancient Greeks discover? Learn about how the Greeks changed the world – including philosophy, science, sport and democracy - in this BBC Bitesize year 3/4 guide.

But for many species and lineage of ancient human, we don’t have enough fossil material to adequately reconstruct their image. The Denisovans, for example, are known from teeth, finger bones and half ...

On the heels of this summer's Olympic Games in London, the Portland Art Museum has teamed with the British Museum to present "The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece," a collection of more than 130 ...

The Bible points out the “fair looks” of figures like David and Moses. From that, Taylor concludes that had Jesus been handsome, the gospel writers would have noted his looks in a similar fashion.

What did the melodies that accompanied rituals, theaters, or banquets in ancient Greece and Rome more than two thousand years ago actually sound like? A mathematical analysis of all the compositions ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either. Accessibility links.

Andrew Kenrick, a visiting research fellow at the University of East Anglia in the U.K., said that ancient writers usually did not discuss what ancient figures looked like. Kenrick also noted that ...

The Vikings were responsible for crafting some weapons that smiths still look back on with admiration today — but did that ingenuity extend to also ...

The big angry elephant man was undoubtedly the star of the new God of War: Ascension gameplay trailer. We’ve seen a lot of well-designed enemies in God of War over the years, but he stood Kratos ...