Work and wages varied immensely in ancient Greece. Agriculture was the backbone of the economy but work was available in ...

Hercules is offered wine in this depiction of a scene from his Twelve Labors. Public Domain. The recorded history of wine in Ancient Greece begins around the 15th century BC, while viticulture appears ...

Olives were a low-stress crop for millennia, but Greece shows how climate change has made the harvest much less ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop on Paros, Greece, revealing unfinished sculptures and intriguing ...

Few figures in ancient mythology remain as legendary to this day as Odysseus, the fabled Greek king of Ithaca who devised the ...

To those who feel nerves before attending a party or have to overcome a sense of anxiety before guests arrive, medieval ...

An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating ...

For centuries, the small Greek island of Kasos served as a hub for international trade, welcoming ships from around the world ...

This sprawling nation, encompassing 110,496 square kilometres of mainland and 227 inhabited islands – alongside thousands of ...

Greece, a perennial favourite for holidaymakers, offers far more than its famed sun-drenched beaches and picturesque islands.

Italy has announced the return of 145 ancient Greek coins to Greece — coins originally discovered on the island of Kos ...