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German researchers have tracked down and documented hundreds of antiquities in Berlin museums looted from the island of Samos, Greece. A report in Deutsche Welle...

Home to many unique and beautiful natural sights, Greece is internationally famed for its stunning landscapes on the mainland, as well as on its...

For the ancient Greeks, Aphrodite was about so much more than love and beauty. In an overarching way, she was the goddess of consensus,...

Ancient Greeks spent much of their time playing board games practically on a daily basis. They were a beloved part of ancient Greek culture....

A magnificent marble bust of Helios, the ancient Greek sun god, that was unearthed at the ancient Agora of Athens in 1970 is one...

Paxos, also called Paxoi and Antipaxoi, offers another side of Greek culture, full of art, history, and stunning landscapes.

In Plato's account of Atlantis, found in both Timaeus and Critias, the legendary island civilization supposedly fought a war against the Greeks. This is a vital...

Pythagoras, one of the greatest philosophers and intellectuals of Greek history had an obsession, or rather a dislike for fava beans. His discoveries regarding several mathematical...

The ancient Greek city of Corinth was founded in the Neolithic Period sometime between 5000 to 3000 BC, but it became a major city-state...

Epaminondas was a general and statesman who beat the Spartans and, for a short period in 4th century BC, made Thebes the greatest power...