Could an ancient Athenian understand a Byzantine Greek speaker and realize they spoke different versions of the same language ...

MSC Cruises may be headquartered in Switzerland, but the ambience onboard its 23 ships is very much Italian owing to its owners, the Aponte family. Ships feature a two-storey Mediterranean-style ...

Archaeological sites across Greece are proving to be inadvertent sanctuaries for wildlife, sheltering thousands of species ...

Archaeologists in Eastern Attica have uncovered remarkable finds in Rafina, shedding new light on the Early Bronze Age and ...

I sailed on the new Viking Vesta from Athens to Istanbul. The enriching experience was full of history and incredible views.

New DNA study of 777 genomes found across southern Europe and west Asia redirects the cradle of Indo-Europeans, sheds light ...

Host Mitch Jeserich talks about how democracy was born out of a class struggle between the aristocrats and the poor masses in ancient Athens. This episode covers part 2 of the 3 part telling of the ...

With monuments like the Acropolis just steps apart, Greece’s capital scored a perfect 20/20 in a global study. Madeline Weinfield is a journalist covering travel, culture, and current events. In ...

Speaking at the 9th ministerial meeting of the Ancient Civilizations Forum at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri proposed establishing a “cooperation council of universities of ...

Sara Kells does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

In ancient Athens, the agora was a public forum where citizens could gather to deliberate, disagree and decide together. It was governed by deep-rooted social principles that ensured lively, inclusive ...

Dawn breaks over Marathon, the ancient town to the north-east of ­Athens – almost exactly the distance of a marathon race: 26.2 miles. It’s no coincidence. When the first modern Olympics was held in ...