A student holds a flare as several thousand high school and university students take part in an anti-government protest in ...

Petrified wood is one of the most sought-after materials in the world for both its aesthetic value and its scientific value.

Explore the captivating journey of ancient Greek astronomy in which mythological tales and mathematical precision mix together.

Is there any basis for the idea that the Etruscans were descendants of the Trojans. Does the literary evidence really support ...

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...

SANTORINI, Greece (AP) — Authorities deployed emergency rescue crews to Greece's volcanic island of Santorini on Monday as hundreds of people scrambled to leave after a spike in seismic activity ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

Constant expansion has introduced a sense of modernism to this ancient city. You will most likely spend the majority of your stay within central Athens near all of the city's well-known attractions.

Night - Clear. Winds from WSW to W. The overnight low will be 21 °F (-6.1 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 40 °F (4.4 °C). Winds from W to WSW at 3 to 8 mph (4.8 to 12.9 kph). Mostly cloudy ...

In December, construction workers putting in natural gas pipelines near Athens found a Roman-era statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis of ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized ...

By Christine Hauser On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police ... The discovery of ancient artifacts in surprising places is not uncommon in a country as rich in ...