A new study reveals how Mithradates VI used Medusa imagery in ancient Anatolia to project political power against Rome and ...

Archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov suggests Bulgaria’s ancient rock-cut city of Perperikon may have shared its Roman-era name ...

ATHENS, Greece — Rescuers combing through the rubble of a building that collapsed in a blast in the Greek capital’s tourist district of Plaka, near the ancient Acropolis, recovered six bodies on ...

Emergency teams discovered victims after two-storey building in historic Plaka district collapsed ‘in seconds’ Greek authorities say they are trying to discover what caused a two-storey apartment ...

Academic libraries across the globe are stuffed with hundreds of thousands of Ancient Greek papyrus fragments. Though many are so damaged that their meaning is probably lost, scholars have the ability ...

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One day in the third century B.C., the sanctuary was abandoned forever. And no one knows why. And investigating those questions might reshape not only our understanding of women at the time, but ...

In a different time, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey would have been celebrated by the American right as a conservative film. Nolan’s interpretation of Homer’s epic poem is about the unintended ...

It's always fascinating to see how people lived during different time periods. Analyzing similarities and differences can tell us a lot about the past and humanity in general. The ancient Greeks might ...

LITOCHORO, Greece (AP) — Snow-capped for much of the year, Mount Olympus, mythological home of ancient Greece's 12 Olympian gods, has captured the imagination through the millennia. Rising to 2,918 ...

A group of women come out from behind a banner placed in front of a small cave, dressed in white ceremonial robes. Men and women of varying ages are standing in a semi-circle while the women lead a ...

One period of history that often lends itself to the glamor of Hollywood is ancient Greece. Both historical records and myths of ancient Greece have fascinated filmmakers for decades, but it's ...