Surviving images on ancient works of art frequently depict the symposium, where ancient Greeks reclined on one side to eat ...

A new study shows how humans moved across the landscapes of ancient Greece, shaped by slope, visibility, and rugged terrain.

5th century BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to Southeast Europe. The Achaemenid Empire controlled a vast area ...

Step into the world of Ancient Greece and discover how Paul's journeys transformed the course of Christianity in Europe. Explore biblical sites, Greek history, and Roman ruins in this captivating ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural.

A new study has challenged the long-held belief that democratic governance was exclusively born in the classical Mediterranean world of Greece and Rome. By analyzing archaeological and historical ...

The notion of living to the fullest by grabbing on to life and holding it tight can be traced to ancient Greece. Our longstanding research into the ways that Greeks, from ancient times to the present ...

Two months before Seamus Heaney received the Nobel Prize in Literature in December 1995, Seamus and Marie Heaney drove through the winding roads of the Peloponnese with their friends, Dimitri and ...