In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

Oldest gym membership written in Greek on papyrus 1,800 years ago reveals structured athletic life in Roman Egypt.

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have arrested six people allegedly involved in an antiquities smuggling operation ...

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

There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

Ancient Greece is traditionally remembered for its philosophy, mythology, and great buildings—but there's a lesser-known side ...

A sleepy peninsula west of Athens, the Peloponnese offers uniquely Greek experiences ranging from visits to olive farms, boat ...

All are thought to date from various periods of ancient Greek history and will be assessed by a state archaeological service. Police also confiscated metal detectors and scanning equipment ...

One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

Agrigento was founded in 580 B.C. as the largest Greek colony in Sicily ... B.C., no other currently known grammar school in the ancient world offered such a lecture hall. It was only 250 to ...

Summer courses are set to take students back in time to explore ancient civilizations and mythologies that continue to shape ...