Excavations at Alexandria Troas in present-day northwestern Turkey have revealed elaborate marble decoration inside an ancient odeon, including carved friezes, column bases, and stone thresholds leading to its stage building.
Findings from the 2024 excavation season show the structure was...
Researchers have traced marble discovered in the ancient city of Thapsus, in present-day Tunisia, to Greek quarries on Paros, Euboea, and the Mani Peninsula. The findings reveal how valuable building materials traveled across the Mediterranean during the Roman period...
An ancient burial mound near Troy in northwestern Turkey may be the original tomb of Greek hero Ajax, according to a new study that reexamines discoveries along the Dardanelles coast. Excavations have confirmed that the site, long mistaken for...
Israel’s political transition has triggered a confrontation over national security, with Prime Minister-designate Gadi Eisenkot warning outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against launching new military operations against Iran before a new government takes office.
In a letter sent Wednesday, Eisenkot,...
Turkish tourism authorities have launched a new cultural travel route retracing the historic journey of Xenophon’s 10,000 ancient Greek mercenaries.
The Turkey Tourism Promotion and Development Agency officially unveiled the project under the name "Anabasis Northern Route." The itinerary connects...
Archaeologists have identified 27 clay perfume bottles and other cosmetic vessels uncovered near the Temple of Zeus in present-day western Turkey, suggesting a shop may have operated at the site about 2,200 years ago. Excavators found them in 2022...
Malaysia has granted legal protection to the name of Greece's feta cheese, registering the product as a geographical indication and giving Greek producers greater safeguards against unauthorized use of the name in the Malaysian market.
The registration was published on...
Archaeologists in Western Siberia have uncovered an ancient grave containing pottery and horse bones linked to a distant Siberian Bronze Age culture. Combined with new genetic evidence, the discovery suggests that migrating populations may have helped shape a previously...
Italian luxury carmaker Maserati has announced plans to develop a private residential island off Dubai's coast, marking its expansion beyond automobiles into luxury real estate. Named Maserati Island, the development will be located within Dubai’s World Islands, a group...
An ancient statue of Greek goddess Athena discovered in present-day southern Turkey may hold a link to the Greek myth of Erichthonius, a child said to have grown up under the goddess's protection. A new study points to a...
Greek-American Journalist and "Good Morning America" co-anchor George Stephanopoulos received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce honoring the 65-year-old television anchor on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
His wife, Ali Wentworth, and their...
Thousands of miles from home, Greek airmen flew into the dangers of the Korean War to bring wounded soldiers to safety. Their transport planes did not fight enemy aircraft. Instead, they carried the injured from the battlefield, delivered vital...
Pope Leo XIV urged young people to reject the pursuit of wealth, popularity, pornography and excessive pleasure, warning that modern society increasingly encourages forms of behavior that undermine personal freedom and human dignity.
Addressing an estimated one million people at...
In June 1953, just weeks before the Korean War armistice, Greek soldiers fought one of the most demanding battles of their country's military involvement in the conflict, defending a strategically important hill against repeated Chinese assaults. Their resistance at...
European manufacturers could struggle to compete with rivals in China by the end of the decade, threatening jobs and industrial production across the continent, a senior European business leader has warned.
Jens Eskelund, president of the European Union Chamber of...
