If the summer is about sailing around the islands, Fiona McIntosh says the autumn is for hiking pristine mountains and taking ...

Ancient Greek kings used war elephants from Alexander to the Seleucids, shaping battles and empire-building across the Hellenistic world.

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in ...

Archaeologists recently discovered a massive 2,000-year-old stone basin in ancient Gabii, Italy, revealing early Roman public architecture from Rome's powerful rival city.

In Greece, like much of Europe and the world, birth rates are sharply declining and populations are quickly aging.

Click through this gallery for the very best ancient history sites in perhaps the world's best ancient history ...

Reincarnation and afterlife was a tradition among the ancient Greeks. Writers expressed the view that the souls of the dead ...