If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be a mystery.

The ancient scroll, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. It's ...

"The imagination races when thinking about what the Romans may have used it for. Magic, rituals or religion — we perhaps may ...

The Ancient Greek Dark Ages came after the powerful Mycenaean Era. But what actually were the Greek Dark Ages, and how did ...

While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...

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This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

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Photo from Simona Murrone and the Colosseum Archaeological Park Across the street from the Colosseum in Rome, Italy ... and turned out to be a rare ancient material. Archaeologists sifted through ...

Associate Professor and Director, Ancient Israel Program ... their independence from Rome. The obverse features a chalice with an inscription in paleo-Hebrew alphabet reading (from right to ...