The ancient Greek statue of Apoxyomenos, also known as the "Croatian Apoxiomenos," is a remarkable ancient Greek bronze statue depicting an athlete scraping oil...
Archaeologists excavating a Mycenaean necropolis near the town of Aigio in western Greece have uncovered an untouched chamber tomb filled with jewelry, bronze objects...
Greece's ports are becoming some of the most closely watched pieces of infrastructure in the Eastern Mediterranean. But the ownership map is more complicated than...
Scientists have recently discovered a previously unknown species of cave cricket in an underground tunnel on the tiny Greek island of Kastellorizo—and named it...
A newly launched dark web marketplace claims to possess more than 153 million digital scans of driver’s licenses belonging primarily to people in the...
Thieves stole a 3,000-year-old gold treasure from a museum in southeastern Spain in a predawn heist that authorities say lasted less than four minutes,...
Major US stock indexes ended lower as Brent crude climbed above $95 a barrel, reviving inflation concerns and uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s next...
The U.S military completed a wave of strikes against Iranian military targets on September 1, amid renewed hostilities around the strategically important Strait of...
For the Lacandon Maya, the crumbling stone structures scattered through the rain forests of Chiapas, Mexico, and Petén, Guatemala, are not abandoned remains of...
Dogs are smarter than you think; according to recent research, dogs can distinguish between languages they are familiar with and those they've never heard...
Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.
Although the expectations of society...
The CEO of Greek yogurt company Chobani, Hamdi Ulukaya, has popularized Greek yogurt for the next generation of consumers.
Chobani has transformed one of Greece's...
Chios is the fifth-largest island in Greece, and it is a hidden gem waiting to be unveiled. Its surrounded by the sparkling, deep sapphire waters of the Aegean Sea.
Most tourists flock to famous Aegean islands such as Mykonos, Paros, and Santorini but overlook some truly spectacular destinations like Syros. This island contains...
Ancient accounts portray the Cynic philosopher confronting royal authority, civic punishment, slavery and elite learning with radical self-sufficiency.
Diogenes of Sinope never governed a city...
The mysterious Sibylline Books were a number of secretly kept Greek oracle collections that the rulers of ancient Rome consulted in times of crisis.
Only...
The Hellenistic period was a veritable cauldron of ambition, betrayal, and sheer bloodlust. It was an era marked by dramatic power struggles and ruthless...
Tsoureki Rolls, the raisins and cinammon filled Greek sweet bread rolls are usually prepared in Greece for Easter, but are great throughout the year....
