The oval-shaped piece is just 13 mm long and 11 mm wide and was used as a stamp for personal signatures on contracts, letters and other goods - but experts believe it was worn as jewelry. Although ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS working near the holy site of Jerusalem's Temple Mount were stunned to discover a gem seal bearing the face of the Greek god Apollo - only the third of its kind found in Israel. The ...

Apollo was far more than a god of light — he ruled prophecy, music, healing, and plague. Feared for his arrows and revered ...

Two very well preserved statuettes depicting the Greek gods Artemis and Apollo have been discovered in the ancient city of Aptera, Crete. The sculptures, which date to the first or second century AD, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Halloween famously comes from the Celtic festival of Samhain, but does Samhain itself come from an Ancient Greek festival?

Artemis, the moon goddess and Apollo's twin sister in Greek mythology, is a befitting name for NASA's latest lunar mission, which plans to put the first woman on the moon by 2024. >> Read more ...