In the vast and rich mythology of ancient Greece, populated by an infinity of gods, heroes, and monsters, there exists a legendary place that captured the Hellenic imagination like no other: ...
Mesopotamian clay maps, dating back 5,000 years, provide a fascinating glimpse into the ancient world’s perception of ...
Sitting between Asia, Africa and Europe, Crete is located around 200 miles south of mainland Greece. With an area of about 3,300 square miles, Crete is one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean.
Two Greek islands where pilgrims outnumber tourists: sacred Patmos where Revelation was written, and marble-rich Paros ...
Peter Holley is a senior writer and native Austinite who writes about news and culture across the state of Texas. The first obstacle to deciphering the White Shaman mural is reaching it. The journey ...
The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural and artistic complex bequeathed by Greek Antiquity to the ...
Ancient human skull discovered in Greece rewrites human evolutionary timeline Researchers from France, China, the UK, and Greece revealed that the Petralona cranium is at least 286,000 years old, ...
In a small valley in the Peloponnesus, the shrine of Asklepios, the god of medicine, developed out of a much earlier cult of Apollo (Maleatas), during the 6th century BC at the latest, as the official ...