The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.

Experts said the fragment, recovered by divers from the Greek culture ministry, matched the style and dimensions of the ...

A new study reveals that democracy was not limited to ancient Greece, showing shared governance existed across ancient societies worldwide.

5th century BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to Southeast Europe. The Achaemenid Empire controlled a vast area ...

The notion of living to the fullest by grabbing on to life and holding it tight can be traced to ancient Greece. Our ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, suspected ...

Few holiday destinations are as captivating as Greece: the blue-and-white architecture of the islands, the ancient ruins steeped in myth and the sight of endless azure seas never fail to ignite the ...

For his next New York City restaurant, chef Daniel Humm heads to Greece and learns from the country's millennia-old food traditions.

Discover the temples ruins and stories of Ancient Corinth Greece with historic architecture archaeological sites and legendary tales that bring the past to life for every traveler #AncientCorinth #Gre ...

In 1996, after gaining permission from the Greek government, Hale and De Boer made their first expedition to Delphi. They took samples of the bedrock and sent them to a lab for analysis. As they ...

Netflix's live-action Assassin's Creed series will be set in Ancient Rome, and kick off in the year 64 AD. Various reports ...

Two months before Seamus Heaney received the Nobel Prize in Literature in December 1995, Seamus and Marie Heaney drove through the winding roads of the Peloponnese with their friends, Dimitri and ...