The pharmacy of Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of medicine, was located next to a mountain where medicinal herbs used to ...

For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.

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Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.

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Kathleen Martinez, who has been searching for the tomb of Cleopatra for nearly 20 years, has uncovered a statue believed to ...

This is thought to be one of the earliest known photographs capturing a group of tourists on Athens's Acropolis, taken around ...

I made some mistakes while visiting Sicily for the first time. Next time I go to Southern Italy, I'd golf and skip Taormina ...

The Parthenon's interior has long been seen as a bright marble space, a new 3D model of the temple shows otherwise.

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Athens, a city steeped in history, offers a captivating journey through time. With its legendary landmarks, visitors can ...

Since the late 1980s, archaeologists have been working at the site of the ancient city of Zeugma in eastern Turkey -- founded ...