Charles K. Williams II, the renowned American archaeologist who devoted more than three decades to excavations at Ancient Corinth, died on September 16, 2026, at the age of 96. His connection to Greece spanned more than six decades, and...
The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations is one of the most remarkable works of the philosophy of Stoicism, yet it was never intended for publication at all. Written largely as a private exercise in self-discipline, the work records the...
Homer’s The Iliad, which recounts the fabled story of the Trojan War, is perhaps the most famous of ancient Greek literary works. Its subject matter is rousing and electrifying yet also profoundly human. It is a tale of war...
On the Greek island of Lemnos, the Feast of the Holy Cross once reached beyond the church and directly into the household kitchen.
In the village of Katalakkos, women from each household traditionally carried water to church on September 14....
The Voynich manuscript is a medieval book unlike any other. It remains a mystery, continues to keep its secrets intact, teasing scholars, linguists, codebreakers, and machines alike.
The book is so mysterious that the vast majority of its contents are...
Athens has long been introduced to the world through its ancient monuments. The Acropolis, the Parthenon and the city's extraordinary archaeological heritage remain at the heart of its identity. But there is another Athens emerging after sunset.
It is an...
There is something wonderfully old-fashioned about wandering among books. You do not always know exactly what you are looking for. You walk past one stand, then another. A title catches your eye. You pick up a book, read the...
On the Greek island of Rhodes, one of the most iconic and authentic forms of traditional craftsmanship in the Dodecanese—the art of pebble mosaic—is gaining fresh momentum and stepping firmly into the modern era.
Through an impactful collaboration between the...
The Aztecs and the Mayans are the most well-known Mesoamerican civilizations, but, in fact, the Olmecs pre-existed them.
The Olmecs were the first of the great Mesoamerican civilizations. They lived along modern-day Mexico's Gulf coast in what is today the...
A new digital study has uncovered previously unknown ancient graffiti depicting ships at the Kition Kathari archaeological site in Larnaka, Cyprus. High-resolution 3D scans also revealed details missed in earlier studies, suggesting people carved images of ships at the...
Greece has completed the restoration of two of Veria's most significant Ottoman-era landmarks, the Orta Mosque and a 15th-century twin Ottoman bath. Culture Minister Lina Mendoni led the handover ceremony in the northern region of Imathia.
Officials described the two...
The British Museum will lend two fragments of the Parthenon sculptures to an exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany, while Greece has rejected a request to lend nine Parthenon fragments from the Acropolis Museum for the same exhibition.
British Museum to Lend...
There is a scene that seems almost timeless in the Greek countryside. An old village square surrounded by stone houses. A fountain or spring. A small coffee-shop (kafeneio). And in the middle, a great plane tree whose branches spread...
