It was the moment the Milan Cortina Olympics officially began. With approximately 80,000 spectators filling the stadium, the ...

A statue transported from the Louvre lies on her side, the sheets pulled away to reveal her elegant curves. Only when you ...

A new genetic study has revealed that the people of Deep Mani, who inhabit one of the remotest regions of mainland Greece, ...

If you look to the south on a dark and clear winter evening, you’ll see a familiar seven-star pattern that forms the ...

One of the things I never wrapped my head around was how the Roman Republic managed to conquer the mighty city-states and ...

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...

January isn’t named for snow, cold, or a fresh calendar page. It’s named for a Roman god with two faces.That detail sounds ...

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...

Ancient Greeks saw Olympus as a divine realm of Zeus and the gods, not a mountain. Its link to Mount Olympus emerged in later traditions.