Archytas of Tarentum, who was born around the year 435 BC in Taranto, Italy, was another in a long line of polymaths from Ancient Greece.

On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games were reborn in Athens, 1,500 years after Roman Emperor Theodosius I banned them in 393 A.D. to curb pagan traditions. At the opening ceremony, King Georgios I of ...

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and Hellenistic Age ...

The leading Greek filmmaker and director, Yorgos Lanthimos, has been denied permission to shoot some scenes for his ...

For a Greek island getaway with hint of Italian flair, add this hidden gem to your bucket list where quiet beaches and rich ...

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum transports us to a small corner of ancient Rome, where neighbors Marcus Lycus, ...

Archaeological inscriptions in Biblical Archaeology are like stepping stones back in time that bring the world of the Bible ...

ShareIntroduction Democracy, often touted as the best form of government, promises a system of governance in which power is ...

Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marveling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — exploring ...

It was on April 6 in 1917, that the United States abandoned its stance of neutrality and officially joined the Allied powers ...

The Airbus A321 is the larger cousin of the A320 and both are part of the greater A320 family of Airbus narrowbody aircraft.

VIENNA -- As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating ...