The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

Scented cards are now provided to visitors during The Scent of the Afterlife tours at the Museum August Kestner in Hanover, ...

Ancient Greek love spells were aggressive acts of psychological warfare designed to bind, torture, and enslave.

There is already significant interest from a major U.S. museum, says David Aaron gallery.

Historical evidence shows the Nazi ideal of femininity was clean faces.

The issue of who was considered Greek during the era of ancient Greece has been a matter of broad scholarly debate for ...

Researchers at the Wisconsin Historical Society have uncovered 16 ancient canoes at the bottom of Lake Mendota, and they believe the oldest was crafted before the Great Pyramid of Giza was built in ...

Konstantine Panegyres does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Now the debut trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is out in the wild, age-old debates about “historical accuracy” have reemerged. The Odyssey is officially described as a “mythic action epic,” ...

Travel throughout much of Europe today and you’ll find traces of the Roman Empire everywhere. Amphitheaters, aqueducts, walls, bridges, forts and other structures built centuries ago are still ...

Set aside your matches or lighter and try to start a fire—chances are you’d be left cold and hungry. But as early as 400,000 years ago, ancient hominins may have had the skills to conjure flame, ...

The activists provided support to people who sought sanctuary in Greece during Europe’s migration crisis. By Niki Kitsantonis Reporting from Athens Two dozen rescue workers, including the Syrian ...