For history lovers, its ancient ruins and museums lined with artifacts should entice—but if your idea of a getaway is one ...

Delos, a small island in the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important archaeological sites in ancient Greece. The mythical birthplace of the god Apollo, Delos was a major religious ...

Ancient Greeks saw Olympus as a divine realm of Zeus and the gods, not a mountain. Its link to Mount Olympus emerged in later traditions.

Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece ...

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians.

Nostalgia has become a defining trait for Millennials and Gen Z-ers. However, this concept has roots beyond the present to ancient Greece.

Egypt holds the distinction of being one of the cradles of the water clock, with some of the earliest examples originating ...

On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...

Police have long had to contend with the illegal traffic in antiquities because of the number of artifacts in sites across the country that date back to ancient Greece. Road and construction work ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women ...