Ancient Greek sculptor Polykleitos set the standard of beauty and harmony in statues with his groundbreaking Canon of ...

A new digital map of the road network that once connected the Roman Empire has been created, revealing a staggeringly vast ...

Aspasia was born in Greece in the fifth century BC. She and Pericles, the great general and politician, fell deeply in love.

It was a rare sight on Athens’ skyline, and it didn’t last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in ...

Greek residents and visitors in recent weeks enjoyed an unobstructed view of the marble temple crowning the Acropolis as scaffolding was removed for several weeks during a transition between phases of ...

The strong do as they can, and the weak suffer what they must.” Ancient Athens’ foreign policy dictum finds an echo in ...

At its zenith in the second century AD, the Roman Empire encompassed more than 55 million inhabitants stretching from Britain to Egypt and Syria. While historians have long recognized that an ...

From monumental landmarks, great feats of innovation and cultural heritage, this is how to visit all seven modern wonders of ...

From graphic novels to historical fiction to teen reads and more, these Greek mythology books appeal to a range of readers ...

The engraved marble fragment likely came from an archaic temple called the Hekatompedon, making it around 2,600 years old ...

Everyone dreams of Santorini’s white domes and caldera sunsets, but Greece is made of more than a single picture-perfect ...

After the latest dig season, archaeologists announced a wealth of treasure surfaced from the popular tourist destination, ...