Best-known Greek adventurers of all time have been Homer ... He has made and lost several fortunes, served in the diplomatic corps. Now 58 years old, he has retired to devote his full time ...

When it comes to chronicling the past, it seems there are basically two ways discoveries are made: either they’re the result ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...

We’ve curated a selection of the best books about Greek mythology to help you better understand the classic tales of ancient history below. Known as the first and greatest literary achievement ...

and the various villages of the Fayoum have yielded thousands of ancient Greek books and documents. Philadelphia was the findspot of the famous Zenon archive, an assembly of papyrus documents ...