Demosthenes was a talented ancient Greek general skilled in surprise attacks, who fought for Athens during the Peloponnesian ...

Written by Associate Professor David PritchardThe Olympic Games immediately spring to mind when people think about sport in ...

Zeus, the king of the Olympian Gods, transformed into a white bull to abduct Europa, the princess who gave her name to the ...

Definitely add this to your Greece itinerary before you head to the Greek islands or on your Greek island cruise. This 3 day Athens itinerary is for first-time visitors looking to maximize their ...

Being a Syrian, he thought that the language might be ancient Syriac ... which long antedates the Greek and boasts that its line comes direct from the Holy See of Antioch, founded by Peter ...

Chopra clinched the yellow metal in javelin throw while shuttler PV Sindhu won a bronze ... The first Olympic Games was held from April 6 to 15, 1986 at the ancient city of Greece. 241 athletes from ...

Ancient ideas about diet were grounded in archaic theories about how the body worked. Most Greek and Roman doctors believed that all bodies existed on a spectrum of hot, cold, wet, and dry.

The statues were rigid, and often standing up straight with neutral facial expressions—this is a far cry from the soft, airy Greek statues we most associate with the ancient culture. By 500 B.C ...

Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.

Greek mythology has persisted for thousands of years—long enough to be influenced by even older myths. The half-lion, half-woman Sphinx, for example, dates to ancient Egypt at least 2000 years ...

All are thought to date from various periods of ancient Greek history and will be assessed by a state archaeological service. Police also confiscated metal detectors and scanning equipment ...