An AP photographer captured a visual story about Father Spyridon, the monk depicted in the image, using the clouds to give ...

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium ...

The ancient Greek myth of Endymion and Selene is one of the famous love stories that has inspired several artists and writers ...

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...

On the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece, there lies an ancient and mysterious land—Ancient Olympia. This is the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games and the origin of countless historical stories ...

the city that in ancient times was the birthplace of the games that later inspired the modern Olympic Games. Greece’s culture minister, Lina Mendoni, attended a ceremony Friday at the museum ...

On March 18, the ancient Greek valley of Olympia once again became the focus of global attention. The 144th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was grandly inaugurated in an event ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — A new president of the IOC will be elected ... The winner will get an eight-year mandate with key issues including steering the Olympics on a smooth path in politics and ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

The layer with Egyptian and Greek pottery fragments described in the latest study is among several layers that date from after 732 B.C., when records indicate Megiddo was conquered by the Neo ...