For this reason, the petasos was a popular choice for cavalry, particularly in Athens. Since mounted warriors were typically ... Dacians, Thracians, Medes, Scythians, and of course the Phrygians ...

The Persians first crossed into Europe in around 513 BC when Darius launched a fairly unsuccessful campaign against the Scythian nomads north of the ... In 498 BC, supported by troops from Athens and ...

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

On a cloudy spring morning in one of Athens' most densely inhabited districts, thousands of fresh saplings dotting a small hilltop park mark a fledgling effort to tackle crippling heat that ...

Two Athens residents were killed after being struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk. The driver, Lois Lorraine Dua, was initially charged with two counts of violating the crosswalk and one count of ...

We’re thrilled to announce that Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will be joining us at our upcoming StrictlyVC event in Athens, co-hosted with Endeavor, on Thursday night ...

Graves unearthed in northern Greece contain bones widely believed to be from victims of the country's civil war in the late ...

Graves unearthed in northern Greece contain bones widely believed to be from victims of the country's civil war in the late ...

The Athens YWCO is selling 21.4 acres in Oconee County that it purchased in 2007. The YWCO originally planned to relocate to the Oconee property but decided to expand its current Athens location.

The 45th annual Athens Twilight Criterium took place downtown Saturday night, April 26, featuring elite cycling races for both men's and women's competition. The Twilight is the second race of ...

This is Athens' first "micro-forest", part of an initiative by recently elected mayor Haris Doukas to plant 5,000 trees annually in the thickly concreted city, where in summer the thermostat ...

The mayor believes that by the time the work is finished, the birthplace of democracy will have shed 3 degrees off of annual ...