Alexander the Great is one of the best-known figures in world history. He only lived until age 32, dying in Babylon. But ...

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In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists have uncovered the final resting place of Philip II, the father of Alexander ...

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Stephen Carlile’s outrageously camp, scene-stealing Hades gets all the best lines: “People die all the time: I should know, I ...

Professor C. Brian Rose of the Penn Museum, the Excavation Director at Gordion, Türkiye where the tomb was uncovered, spoke to PopMech about this historic discovery ...

In a startling development, archaeologists say these mysterious skeletons are the father and son of this legendary ruler.

This is the first installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. Greece always draws me back. I ...

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One of only three surviving Byzantine crowns, it depicts a man and two sisters who jointly ruled the empire in the 11th century.

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In the ancient city of Gordion in Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed an 8th-century B.C.E. tomb with possible ties to King Midas.