Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a Roman-era sarcophagus that depicts Dionysus beating Hercules in a drinking contest.

Until recently, the prevailing theory proposed that the bacterium responsible for the plague— Yersinia pestis —had emerged from an animal reservoir in East Africa and then reached the Mediterranean ...

When that person rediscovered this container after several weeks or months and took a sip of what was inside, he or she made one of the most important discoveries in human history: the discovery of ...

Patmos - small island in the Aegean Sea, near Ephesus; where John, the author of Revelation, was (Rev 1:9) CRETE - large Mediterranean island south of Aegean Sea; visited by Paul on his journey to ...

Large parts of the Mediterranean Sea are 5-10 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, with some recent readings in the 10-15 degrees ...

A powerful heat wave has been gripping large parts of southern Europe and North Africa, pushing air temperatures beyond ...

In just over 20 years, the northward shift of the subtropical jet stream—a high-altitude airflow—caused by climate change has reduced primary production in the northwestern Mediterranean by ...

Is the legend of Atlantis a distorted memory of the historical wars between the Egyptians and the Sea Peoples in the Bronze Age?

NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group will deploy to Europe next week, adding to U.S. forces gathering near the Middle East as the conflict between Israel ...

At least 28,932 people had died while trying to cross the sea since 2015. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.