Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for ...

Centuries before Monopoly, there was Patolli, a high-stakes Mesoamerican game of strategy and luck where players wagered ...

Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a sort of ...

Greeks reading names of towns in Ukraine in the news may wonder why places like Sevastopol, Simferopol, and Mariupol seem so ...

Before philosophers, democracy, and empire, there was a land of scattered tribes surrounded by sea and stone. This video uncovers how geography, trade, and war gave birth to one of the greatest ...

Greece / submitted by Don Hart with Ricardo Macagnan of Virginia Beach Last fall was our second visit to Athens, and it seems that something new is always discovered. As a Navy meteorologist, I couldn ...

Greek carrier Aegean estimates that the airline will need another 24-28 months to complete the cycle of Pratt & Whitney GTF engine inspections on its Airbus A320neo-family fleet. Chief executive ...

Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...

PORTO RAFTI, Greece (AP) — Bus coupon in hand, Diamantoula Vassiliou headed for the sea, determined to make the most of her brief beach excursion. Report: Magic Kingdom had world’s top theme-park ...

“War,” as Thucydides once wrote, “is a violent teacher.” But it teaches in strange and terrible ways. It exposes illusions, punishes pride and delivers suffering without justice. This the Greeks knew.

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 ...