Six individuals were arrested on Crete for allegedly running an antiquities smuggling ring. The group attempted to sell a ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

The domestication of grapevine was a slow process in Italy, taking place over thousands of years, according to a study ...

Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a widespread institution embraced by the ancient Hebrews ... For "much of the early Christian Era, the Church stayed out of weddings ...

Ancient Greeks developed sophisticated units of measurement ranging from measuring length, distance, volume, and weight of ...

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

This post highlights historical places to visit in Athens Greece. It also provides insight into planning your itinerary for a ...