The attempt of the Pythagoreans to reshape society in Croton, Magna Graecia, through politics led to public backlash and ...

Ancient Greece's Special Forces, from the Sacred Band of Thebes to the Hetairoi of Alexander the Great's army, became ...

JOIN Marella Discovery 2’s Aegean Gems cruise – and you’ll soon be ready to do a PHD in ancient history and Greek mythology.

The Bible tells of a fateful encounter between an Egyptian Pharaoh and a King of Judah at "Armageddon". Archaeologists found ...

A dig at a coastal village in Israel has turned up remains of a large facility that once produced Tyrian purple on an ...

While the rundown outskirts are certainly serving 'shabby chic', the heart of Greece's ancient capital is extraordinarily ...

May is when the island is at its most beautiful - with blooming nature, pleasant weather and far fewer tourists than in peak ...

The BBC names Greece’s Peloponnese among 2025’s top European destinations. Discover Mani’s rugged charm, Olympia’s history, ...

There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

Many of our practices and behaviours go back four thousand years. For example, the Danish archaeologists found evidence that ...

Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have arrested six people allegedly involved in an antiquities smuggling operation.