For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.

The ancient Greeks established cities across the four corners of the Mediterranean. However, the Black Sea was of particular importance to them, with the area becoming a hub of the ancient Greek world ...

The ancient Minoan palace of Zominthos on Crete located about 1,200 meters (nearly 4,000 feet) above sea level shows that Minoans were not just seafarers but highlanders too. Discovered in 1984 and ...

From the gastronomic specialties of Sifnos to the enigmatic ruins of the Dodecanese, each Greek island has its own distinct ...

Greek and Roman religion venerated one plurality of gods, heroesbut also personifications of abstract concepts. The ancient ...

Milo of Croton, the legendary ancient Greek wrestler, once won an Olympic gold medal without competing, as no opponent dared ...

The movie only recently started filming and is still more than a year away, but each little detail that leaks out from the ...

On March 17, 1821, the Mani Peninsula stood at the forefront of the Greek Revolution as the people of Areopoli raised the banner of freedom, declaring “Freedom or Death” and igniting the fight for ...

The actor, 28, was spotted filming in Methoni, Greece for the action epic, alongside the Oscar-winning director, 54, and a ...

Tom Holland has officially stepped into the world of ancient Greece, as filming for Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated ...

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Evangelos Zappas was born in 1800 in Lambovo, Epirus, in a time of turbulence and change. He was a child of a Greece that was ...