Roughly 3,000 years ago, someone living in a village on the shores of what's now Lake Bolsena, 50 miles northwest of Rome, ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into ...

Before vision boards and TikTok affirmations, ancient cultures also believed that the power of thought could reshape their ...

The statuette represents a domestic cult, offering new insights into eastern religious influences and Egyptian cults in Roman ...

The ancient Greek gods, the immortal characters of Greek mythology, remain a fascination around the world as do their unusual ...

The great mystery of the Minoan Phaistos Disc has been "solved by 99 percent" says linguist and archaeologist Gareth Owens.

the color rose is given to the planet Venus and roses are one of the primary attributes of the goddess Aphrodite or Venus in ...

“Softer shades of pink are perceived to be more delicate than red, evoking feelings of youthful sweetness, while the brighter ...

It might be hard spotting Venus on Valentine's Day because of cloudy weather. February, however, is still the best month to see it.

Linguists and archaeologists have long argued about which group of ancient people spoke the original Indo-European language. A new study in the journal Nature throws a new theory into the fray.

Ancient-genomics researchers have pinpointed the homelands of a nomadic tribe that transformed the culture and genetics of Europe and Asia, revealing a potential source for the Indo–European ...