and even managed to reach parts of Greece along the way. On top of his military accomplishments, he was also the first ruler to establish a civil rights charter and was otherwise a progressive ruler.

Researchers in Greece have spotted the ancient and critically endangered Greek lamprey fish species that has survived for 360 ...

Mount Vesuvius' eruption preserved the Herculaneum scrolls beneath a blanket of ash. Two millennia later, X-ray scans show ...

Step back in time to the ancient city of Alexandria and Meet Hypatia, a brilliant mathematician, astronomer, teacher, and ...

An analysis of bracelets owned by an Egyptian Queen has found that Egypt and Greece were involved in trade during the bronze ...

Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 ...

The Temple of Hera, home to the predecessor of the Olympic Games, is one of the oldest religious sanctuaries in Greece.

What did the melodies that accompanied rituals, theaters, or banquets in ancient Greece and Rome more than two thousand years ago actually sound like? A mathematical analysis of all the compositions ...

Clinging almost impossibly to a sheer cliff in northern Greece, the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — ...

An earthquake in Croatia led to a chain of events that helped archaeologists recently discover an ancient Roman theater, officials say. Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media announced the find ...

In ancient Egypt, the heart was considered the most important organ, as it was thought to be the location of a person's intelligence and memory. After a person died, their heart was weighed by Ma ...

Whatever your preference, there's every chance that your fantasy beach is somewhere in Greece. Here's our pick ... Thanks to these ancient mariners, Gerakas has been preserved within the National ...