The sweat of ancient Greek and Roman athletes was a prized commodity believed to confer special health benefits.

Unlike modern boxing, ancient Greek boxing had minimal rules and no weight classes, leading to often mismatched and extremely ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on ancient racism, as we look if the Ancient Greeks were racist, showing what is in the ...

The ancient Greek statue of Apoxyomenos is an ancient Greek bronze statue depicting an athlete scraping dust from his body ...

Every year as Valentine’s Day approaches, people remind themselves that not all expressions of love fit the stereotypes of ...

This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features ...

Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four islands.

This real-life clash of the titans was once used as a morale booster for Ottoman troops and now draws visitors from all over ...

The Worcester Art Museum announced Thursday that it has voluntarily agreed to return a pair of antiquities that were likely ...

All the wrestlers of Aroostook County have helped grow the sport. Brock Gagnon and Mason St. Peter recently became PVC ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought.

Although some movies and media depict ancient people as unclean, that’s not entirely accurate. The ancients had hygiene ...