A water leak last month damaged hundreds of books in the Egyptian antiquities department at the Louvre, underscoring the ...

Two major disasters hit the city of Chania in Crete on December 8th in the space of only three years with a loss of more than ...

Leonidas, the legendary King of Sparta, is mostly known for leading the 300 heroic Spartans and dying with them in the Battle ...

In 1947, a Norwegian explorer crossed the Pacific on a wooden boat to challenge theories about ancient migration.

Historians have long debated the height of Ancient Greeks, imagining either towering heroes or smaller-than-modern people.

The assassination of President JFK is subject to many mysteries, but perhaps nothing is as baffling as the disappearance of ...

In winter, roasted chestnut street stalls are a common sight in Greek cities. The seller has a little portable brazier.

A pit bull dog attacked and killed a 2-year-old boy in Greece. The toddlers parents are charged with manslaughter by ...

George Osborne calls the Parthenon Sculptures dispute the “most intractable problem” but stays optimistic about a compromise ...

Turkey was once full of Greek cities which were the cradle of ancient Greek scientific and philosophical thought.

Bethlehem lights its Christmas tree for the first time since the Gaza war began, with the mayor calling Christmas “the light ...

A 6th c. BC ancient Greek marriage contest, ruined by Hippocleides’ infamous drunken dance, led to the establishment of ...