An ancient Greek funerary stele carved with two portrait busts and a Greek inscription has turned up in northwestern Syria, part of what local reports describe as an ancient burial.
The stone fragment was uncovered in the Bilbil district of...
Antiochus III the Great was one of the most prominent Greek rulers and warlords of the Hellenistic (Greek) era.
He was a Greek Seleucid king and the sixth ruler of the Seleucid Empire. The Hellenistic period is perhaps the most...
A magnificent ancient Greek mosaic discovered in Hatay, Turkey continues to amaze archaeologists and historians attempting to ascertain the exact meaning of its images and inscriptions.
The floor mosaic, which was found in the Hatay Province, located on the Turkish-Syrian...
Antioch on the Orontes, an ancient Greek city on the eastern side of the Orontes River, was one of the most glorious of all the Greek cities in the world.
Home to hundreds of thousands of people in its golden...
Celebrating the arrival of the New Year is a popular custom around the world, as it has been for thousands of years. We find the same basic celebration—although expressed in different ways—in various ancient cultures.
In Greece itself, there is...
The ancient Greek ideal of world unity is manifested in the conquests of Alexander the Great and the expansion of his great empire, aiming to Hellenize the world.
The notion that kings were divinely chosen was not limited to Greek...
For a long time, Ancient Israel was ruled by the Greeks. This dominion existed in the aftermath of Alexander the Great's grand conquests. One large successor to his domain, the Seleucid Empire, ruled over the Israelites from 200 to...
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient Greek fortress in the Aşağıseyit Mound of Denizli’s Çal district, Turkey, revealing new insights into the military and cultural landscape of Hellenistic Anatolia.
The excavation, led by Associate Professor Erim Konakçı from...
