Ancient Greece, renowned for its contributions to democracy and philosophy, also holds the unfortunate distinction of ...

Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece.

Ancient Greeks saw Olympus as a divine realm of Zeus and the gods, not a mountain. Its link to Mount Olympus emerged in later traditions.

The expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers analyzed sediment cores from land and sea, linking lead levels to ...

A headless and armless small marble Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic period turned up in the trash in Thessaloniki.

The discovery of a 2000-year-old headless statue from the Hellenistic period has prompted Greek police to investigate.

A number of ancient Greek artifacts are to be auctioned by Christie's, including a Cycladic figure and a kylix, estimated to ...

They say that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Some treasures are more surprising—and more valuable—than others, ...

Ancient statues have also been found in trash before in other parts of Europe. In 2023, a Roman-era statuette of Venus was ...

Authorities say the statue dates back to the Hellenistic period and are investigating how it ended up among garbage. It was ...