The sacred yellow serpents of Asclepius, the porieas, symbolized healing, renewal, divine power in ancient Greek medical and ...

A magnificent ancient Greek mosaic discovered in Hatay, Turkey continues to amaze archaeologists and historians.

As the agricultural epicenter of Greece for more than 4,000 years, Crete’s generous glugs of olive oil and burbling ...

Set to be this year’s biggest blockbuster, The Odyssey’s cast has been selected to ‘represent the world’. Fair enough – except that one key country seems to have gone completely unrepresented … There ...

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This article originally appeared in The Conversation. If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don’t just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus ...

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West’s first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on water. Roman encyclopaedist ...

Humans have known about, thought about and worried about climate change for millennia. Since at least the fourth century BC, the ancient Greeks and Romans recognised that the climate changes over time ...

Many of us are heading to the beach to bask in the sun and unwind as part of our summer vacations. Research has shown that spending time at the beach can provide immense relaxation for many people.

Divers exploring the centuries-old Antikythera wreck retrieved intact pieces of the ship and found artifacts that shed light on life aboard the craft. The Antikythera shipwreck dates back to the first ...

Once regarded as Europe’s economic Achilles’ heel, Greece is now emerging as an unlikely success story. This remarkable turnaround is underpinned by positive growth rates outpacing the European Union ...