Yet the beach was not all bad for the Greeks. Because the beach acted as a bridge between sea and land, the Greeks thought ...

Greek literature discounts all the positive sensations of the beach and the sea and focuses on the negative ones in order to stress the discomfort the ancient Greeks felt about the beach and the sea ...

We explore the incredible machining of an ancient granite vase. Our analysis reveals advanced manufacturing techniques, computer-aided design, and precision beyond modern capabilities. We discuss ...

What Shakespeare and ancient Greece teach us about ending the Ukraine War by Andrew Latham, opinion contributor - 07/11/25 10:30 AM ET iStock / Getty Images Plus Listen to audio version of this ...

The Byre is a stone-built cottage on a working farm surrounded by open countryside and private woodland, boasting scenic walking and cycling routes from its doorstep ...

DEBORAH KAMEN, SALE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FREEDOM: SLAVE-PROSTITUTES AND MANUMISSION IN ANCIENT GREECE, The Classical Journal, Vol. 109, No. 3 (February-March 2014), pp. 281-307 ...

The sirens of ancient Greece were considered beautiful—but they tempted Odysseus with songs of glory, not simply sex.

Concern with accountability is hardly novel; indeed, the ancient Greeks were obsessed with keeping their officials legally accountable for their actions in office. Scholars have studied the complex ...

Ancient Thera is ranked #8 out of 13 things to do in Santorini. See pictures and our review of Ancient Thera.

Ancient Akrotiri is ranked #5 out of 13 things to do in Santorini. See pictures and our review of Ancient Akrotiri.