New research suggests Caligula may have understood Roman medicine, complicating the traditional image of irrational cruelty ...

The world’s first robot operated in Ancient Greece—the automatic maid was the name of a technological miracle during the ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

Nectanebo II never did use this sarcophagus, and tradition had long associated it with Alexander the Great. Chugg suggests ...

As Cairo and Sofia prepare to celebrate a historic centennial in 2026, the diplomatic ties between Egypt and Bulgaria reflect ...

When we crack open a book, we’re partaking in a small miracle, joining in a tradition, millennia in the making, of preserving ...

Submerged in Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria, Thonis-Heracleion was a major Egyptian port city linking Mediterranean trade with ...

Explore the origins of astrology in the ancient world, from Babylonian records to Greek science, and how celestial observations were used to predict events and guide lives in Hellenistic Alexandria.

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

New research shows that holidaymakers could save £300 by pushing their winter sun break back a couple of months.

Scientists on Wednesday sealed ancient chunks of glacial ice in a first-of-its-kind sanctuary in Antarctica in the hope of ...

Rasha El Agroudy, a visual artist and lecturer at Alexandria University's Faculty of Fine Arts, shared with Ahram Online her ...