Prologue For about a millennium the Mongol Turks have been targeting the Greeks. The Mongol Turks first appeared in the neighborhood of the Greek medieval ...

Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens, workers fix a pump to an ancient stone well that in turn accesses an ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

A Roman-era bridge was discovered in the ancient city of Elefsina, west of Athens during works for a suburban railway line.

Lysistrata” chronicles the story of a young Greek woman weaponizing her sexual prowess for the greater good. What lessons can ...

Greece has a new president. Here’s what it means in the battle for the Elgin Marbles - Greek lawmakers have elected a leading ...

Tourists flock to Greece for its sparkling blue waters and pristine white sand beaches, but beware of this common mistake ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...

Hubris. The dictionary gives us synonyms like arrogance, overconfidence and extreme pride. For the ancient Greeks hubris was when mere mortals thought they could challenge the gods. It seldom turned ...

Marlon Brando declined his 1973 “Godfather” Oscar to protest Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans. Stars have since used ...

Ralph Leonard is a British-Nigerian writer on international politics, religion, culture and humanism. Get our guide to the day’s biggest news and ideas, delivered to your inbox every weekday and ...

The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not nationalism.