Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

In ancient Greece and Rome, for example, many buildings that were located in solemn religious regions in the classical period (between the eighth century B.C.E. and the fifth century C.E.) were ...

According to legend, Pheidippides, an ancient Greek courier, ran 26 miles from a battlefield in Marathon to Athens to announce Greece’s military victory over the Persians—then died on the spot ...

A rare "Corinthian" helmet from ancient Greece will go up for auction in London later this month. Such helmets were iconic of the ancient Greek style of infantry fighting and have become emblems ...