Where it began: Gyros trace their roots to ancient cooking traditions, influenced by Turkish doner kebab and Levantine ...
Discover the secrets of Delphi's Oracle as new geological findings reveal the impact of fault lines on ancient Greek ...
Archaeologists have found something unexpected inside a 1,600-year-old Roman-era Egyptian mummy: a fragment of Homer’s Iliad.
Ancient Greek historian Hellanicus of Lesbos may have referenced Atlantis nearly a century before Plato, according to ...
Pericles, a statesman in ancient Greece, has important lessons for contemporary political battles. We should heed him.
On the sacred island of Delos in Greece, birth and death were forbidden under strict ritual beliefs and Athenian control.
The pharmacy of Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of medicine, was located next to a mountain where medicinal herbs used to ...
The Pythagoras Cup, Greece’s ancient “greedy cup,” offers a playful way to explore Greek wine, Samos, Santorini, history, ...
Discover the origins of Mother’s Day, from ancient Greek and Roman festivals to its modern recognition as a global celebration each May.
Mother’s Day in the U.S. now drives about $34 billion in spending, but its founder, Anna Jarvis, envisioned it as a day ...
The rocky hills of Ithaca, home to olive groves and old Greek legends, have now yielded their most evocative secret: the possible sanctuary of Odysseus. At a site known for over two centuries as the ...
Muğla in southwestern Turkey delivers exactly what travelers expect from this corner of the Mediterranean: sunlit ...