Found in France, the site featured more than 100 graves filled with ancient metal artifacts—including bracelets, brooches and ...

T he sword-and-sorcery genre is something of an endangered species of movie, although many great examples do exist even ...

I explore the mystery of Nanatsusaya no Tachi, the legendary Japanese sword said to hold mythical powers. #MythicalSword ...

Graves unearthed in northern Greece contain bones widely believed to be from victims of the country's civil war in the late ...

Scientists believe that a cave east of Athens was a hideout for lions which roamed the ancient Greek countryside thousands of ...

Built on top of rocks in the Meteora region in northern Greece, the Meteora monasteries have attracted the attention of believers and nature lovers for centuries. Meteora is a complex of six Orthodox ...

Over the centuries, sword swallowing spread across the continents, from ancient Rome and Greece to medieval Europe. The art form remains a popular circus act even today — despite the dangers it poses.

From Ancient Greece to Onyx Storm: Our interest in dragons isn’t new but taming the mythical beasts is. In China, dragons are often symbols of state power and good fortune, depending on the context.

In 1901, divers looking for sponges off the coast of the Greek island, Antikythera, discovered a mechanical device among the ruins of a sunken ship. The mysterious device was dated to the late ...

Celtic swords, more than 2,000 years old ... construction for a business park revealed an ancient site in 2022. More than 100 graves were found in an area of about 7,000 square feet, a necropolis ...

Thucydides fought in the Peloponnesian War on the Athenian side. His world was steeped in the sensibilities of Greek tragedy, and his historical narrative carries that imprint throughout.