Barbarian invasions in Greece during the Byzantine era were common with mostly Albanian tribes settling in the fertile plains ...

The death of Alexander the Great sparked a war for his throne. Contenders included two women, his mother Olympias and his ...

The New York City Fringe Festival is an open lottery ... utilizing the most popular invention of Ancient Greece - the democratic vote. Is a happy ending for Antigone's story possible?

Archaeologists recently discovered an ancient "city of the dead" in Italy, dating back nearly 3,000 years. The Italian province of Trentino said in a news release that a "monumental necropolis ...

Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...

Once the capital of Roman Britain, this city has a history stretching back over 2,000 years and is home to one of the country’s most impressive castles. That city is Colchester in Essex.

Dating back to Neolithic times, Placa is the oldest district in Athens and remains one of the most intact and historically important parts of the ancient ... of many the city's mayor, Haris ...

Spectacular statues reveal art tradition of ancient Rome’s lost sculpture capital - City of Perga on Turkey’s southwestern ...

Archaeologists have uncovered physical evidence of Tenea, an ancient Trojan city once believed to exist only in myth. Located near Chiliomodi in southern Greece, the site features well-preserved ...

The Ancient City houses the strange and massive portal-like structure at the center. This portal consists of strange blocks that are harder than Obsidian and take longer time to break it. So, ...

Greece has many assets that are valuable to any American government, such as its geographical location and the strength of its merchant fleet said Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou, ...