Drimachus led a slave revolt on Chios, ruling a rogue stronghold before betrayal. Organized resistance like that of Spartacus ...

Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...

Savvas Eleftherlades took a trip aboard the Oceania Cruises Riviera ship, setting sail from Athens and took in the Greek ...

Crusius plundered contemporary travel accounts for information alongside chronicles and histories. He recognised ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — ...

More than 20 sites in Egypt have been excavated by the French Archaeological Mission since 1994. Excavations were mainly ...

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners the most attention. In fact, it's routinely referred to simply as "The ...

Author Jeanne Carstensen details a deadly shipwreck she witnessed through accounts from survivors and rescuers alike.

Chemical analyses revealed wine residue on both expensive goblets and common cups unearthed among the legendary city's ruins ...

With more than 200 inhabited islands in Greece, each with its own attractions ... traveler sentiment and more to come up with this list of the best Greek islands. Now the only decision you ...