The origins of ancient Greek city names like Athens and Olympia reflect mythology, history, and the development of Greek ...

Turkey was once full of Greek cities which were the cradle of ancient Greek scientific and philosophical thought.

More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a ...

The story of the marathon begins in the rugged hills of ancient Greece, where long-distance running was not a pastime but a ...

Whether laced with viper venom, poison gas, or deadly pathogens—these weapons of war relied on nature's armory to slay the enemy. Poison in the woundThe Greek warrior Achilles treats Telephus’s ...

The Thesmophoria was a prominent ancient Greek festival dedicated to Demeter, goddess of agriculture, and her daughter Persephone, celebrating the cycles of life, death, and rebirth. The festival, ...

An Ancient Roman erotic fresco painting has just been discovered by archeologists at a dig site in Pompeii. The stunning work ...

Iris is the Greek goddess of rainbows, symbolic of carrying messages between the divine world to humankind. October-borns ...