The Hellenic Museum will shine a light on the ancient world with two upcoming initiatives, the first involving a public ...

Of all the mysteries of Ancient Greece, the Orphic Mysteries based on the myth of Orpheus are the most intriguing.

Ancient Greek athletes fought in brutal contests of the ancient Olympics, where sacred honor and civic pride shaped modern ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — At a temple in Ancient Olympia, a flame is drawn from the sun to begin its journey to the ...

Modern researchers know about the cuckoo’s cross-species brood parasitism – but one Roman emperor observed this more than 700 ...

Archaeologists discovered a basalt tablet about the size of a piece of paper bearing 60 unknown script characters expertly ...

It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat. Then, a sneeze. Then coughing, sniffling and full-on congestion, with or without fever, for a few insufferable days. Viral upper ...

The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds ...

Professor of History John Mazis has been teaching at Hamline since 1999, a job he loves doing. He first came to the United States for college from his home country of Greece. One of his favorite ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress.

Beginning in the 14th century, when Greece was wracked by political and social struggles, monks began building a series of ...