Greece’s centre-right government has done a fine job of polishing its image with tourists and investors since Kyriakos Mitsotakis took over as prime minister in 2019. The country’s ancient heritage, ...

The Erechtheion, built in the 5th century BC, at the Acropolis of Athens. Athens is one of the six oldest Greek cities among ...

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European streets, buildings, and monuments preserve layered testimony to the continent’s earliest urban civilizations. Among ...

In impromptu remarks delivered following the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy called on Americans to “tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of ...

The first Olympic winners became celebrities with social and political heft—and even the power to heal. The Discobolus or “discus thrower” is one of the most iconic athletic artworks from ancient ...

Perhaps no other ancient city captures our imagination quite like Pompeii. The storyline is familiar: a thriving city on the Bay of Naples- a mecca of high culture and a playground of the rich- ...

A female Egyptian head with an elongated skull is likely a depiction of the child of Amenophis IV/Akhenaten, 1351-1334 BCE, limestone and red paint, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (image via the ...

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Women in ancient Greece are the subject of much interest to scholars and students of the ancient world. Not only did their status and freedoms change drastically throughout time, but so, too, did ...

LONDON — One of the British Museum's much-disputed Parthenon Marbles was unveiled Friday after being sent in secret to Russia — a surprise move that outraged Greece, which has long demanded the return ...

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