What are we learning about the past? Here are three of our most recent eye-catching archaeology stories. →Ancient 'burial' mound on Greek island turns out to be much more unique →Construction near ...

No longer just a stopover, Athens has become a destination for Michelin-starred dining, outdoor movie theaters, rich textiles ...

Ron Marchese has spent almost 10 years studying an ancient Greek city buried 3 feet underground. Technology has allowed the University of Minnesota Duluth professor to identify possible temples and ...

Archaeologists excavating ruins on the uninhabited island of Despotiko found several 2,400-year-old temple statues, photos show. Photo from the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports Entering the temple ...

With the famed ruins of Pompeii looming large in people’s imaginations, many of Italy’s smaller and lesser-known ancient sites often are overlooked. One such place is Paestum, a long-ago Greek colony ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAKE MORNOS, Greece (AP) — Like ghosts from ...

Archaeologists in Greece recently excavated the partially submerged ruins of an ancient building. Inside, they found coins, pottery and a statue of a god. Photo from the Ministry of Culture Partially ...

Entering the temple, ancient worshipers passed under several sets of watchful marble eyes. The stone statues once gazed across a bustling settlement. Millennia later, the fragmented figures are the ...