University of Gothenburg

New discoveries including gold ornaments and fine pottery at an ancient port city in Cyprus dating back more than 3,000 years indicate that the settlement was one of the Mediterranean's most important trading posts in the late Bronze Age, an archeologist said on July 11.

Ancient Greece has fascinated scholars, students, and the population at large for centuries. People still read and study ancient history, and allusions to mythology and culture seep into twenty-first century dialogue, art, and music.

The Rök Runestone doesn’t appear to describe great heroics deeds from the Viking period, but instead seems to refer to itself.

Education about ‘men’s violence against women’ is to become a compulsory component of a range of university courses as part of Sweden’s national strategy for gender equality.

Archaeologists have unearthed a lost ancient city in the region of Thessaly, Greece dating back 2,500 years! The amazing discovery was made by researchers from the University of Gothenburg and the University of Bournmouth. The excavations teams started exploring the ruins at a village called Vlochos, about 300km north of Athens.