New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...

There is a perceptible Roman bias in the teaching of law, but the ancient Greeks were actually also quite influential.

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

A deeper look into the development of ancient Greek art and sculpture through time, covering various styles, forms and ...

Every year as Valentine’s Day approaches, people remind themselves that not all expressions of love fit the stereotypes of ...

Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're ...

UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to decipher 2000-year-old papyrus scrolls that were ...

Scholars are studying an ancient scroll that has been virtually unrolled 2,000 years after it was burned to a crisp during ...

The document is the longest Greek document found in the Judean Desert, spanning over 133 lines of written text.

A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now ...

Scientists hope that a combination of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help them decipher ancient scrolls ...

X-rays and AI were used to read charred Roman scrolls untouched for 2,000 years.