The strategic, cultural, and economic significance of ancient Greek colonies in the Black Sea and their enduring legacy.

Thousands of years before Odysseus crossed the ‘wine-dark sea’ in Homer’s epic poem ... The first genomic study of ancient people from the eastern Maghreb region — present-day Tunisia ...

The growth and lifespan of Parvancorina minchami, small anchor-shaped animals that lived on the seafloor about 550 million ...

This story appear in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History ... Sea they quickly saw why the Greeks nicknamed it the “Hostile Sea.” In its deep, dark waters, ancient ...

The name ‘Greeks’ was given to the people of Greece later by the Romans. They lived in mainland Greece and the Greek islands, but also in colonies scattered around the Mediterranean Sea.