Is the famous legend of Jason and the Argonauts based on real events? This article reveals that the legend appears remarkably ...

Who was Byzas, the legendary Greek founder of the city of Byzantium? This article examines where he was from, what he did, ...

in northwest Greece. In August, construction workers installing underground water pipelines in a town north of Athens uncovered an ancient mosaic of dancing satyrs. A monumental building with lion ...

ATHENS, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Greece will soon set up an evacuation port on the island of Santorini to facilitate the safe escape of people in case a bigger quake hits the popular tourist destination ...

Ornate Mosaics From Ancient Greek Bath House Depicts Various Scenes of Marine Life Not Typical to the Region Archaeologists ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...

The Dispilio Tablet was discovered in a Neolithic lake settlement in Greece in 1993 and is believed to date back to 5079 BC ...

A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.

It was the largest protest in Greece in more than a decade and rallies also took place in more than 100 other cities across the country. The protests come following the release to local media of a ...

The Greek island's most important industry will bounce back, but staffing is a worry say hoteliers Three more quakes above 4.0 magnitude are registered on Monday near the Greek tourist hotspot.

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners the most attention. In fact, it's routinely referred to simply as "The ...