Kastoria is a beautiful lakeside city in northwestern Greece famous for its fur and leather trade and its rich history that goes as far back as Byzantium
More than 650 kilograms (1,433 pounds) of trash was removed from Mount Olympus, the legendary home of the ancient Greek gods, during a major cleanup operation on Greece’s highest mountain.
The cleanup operation took place below the “Throne of Zeus,”...
Alexander the Great died unexpectedly in 323 BC, suddenly leaving his vast empire without a leader. Sensing a chance to break free of the not-so-popular autocratic rule of Macedon, Athens, along with other Greek states, rallied in revolt. The...
Alexander the Great died in Babylon in June 323 BC at just 32 years old. He had spent little more than a decade transforming the ancient world. His armies had defeated the Persian Empire, crossed Central Asia, reached India,...
The Battle of Chaeronea, which occurred in early August 338 BC, solidified Macedonia's dominance over the southern Greek city-states, setting the stage for Alexander the Great's renowned military campaigns.
Philip II of Macedon, and his son, Alexander the Great, with...
Alexander the Great's siege of the island city of Tyre used all the innovation and cunning worthy of a conqueror who is still remembered to this day.
Amid his campaigns against the mighty Persian Empire in the early fourth century...
Nestled in the heart of Greece's rugged landscape lies the Haliacmon River. Known to modern Greeks as ''Aliakmonas'', this river has been the nation’s silent witness. Have you ever wondered what stories the longest river in Greece could tell...
Built at the foot of Mount Vermion, the Greek city of Veria was the second most important town after Aigai in the ancient Macedonian era.
It was also the third most important city of the Byzantine empire from the 11th...
