While the rundown outskirts are certainly serving 'shabby chic', the heart of Greece's ancient capital is extraordinarily ...

Six individuals were arrested on Crete for allegedly running an antiquities smuggling ring. The group attempted to sell a ...

Among the recovered items were 15 ancient oil lamps, 17 figurines or fragments, several ceramic vessels, and a marble ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

The ancient Greeks considered Dionysus the 12th Olympic god. He was not taken seriously by his father Zeus nor by most of the ...

An Oxford-based institute has unveiled an ambitious proposal to carve massive replicas of the Parthenon Marbles into Mount ...

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On Kea, a small Greek island just a short ferry ride from Athens, local traditions sit side by side with the latest in luxury ...

The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at ...

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The lecture hall was discovered during excavations at Agrigento, the site of the largest ancient Greek settlement in Sicily. Photo by Thomas Lappi and Monika Trümper, FU Berlin, Institute of ...

In ancient Greece, education wasn’t limited to the mind — it included the body as well. Physical fitness and scholarly pursuits went hand-in-hand, a principle reflected in the number of gymnasiums ...