A five-star haven on Greece’s largest island is designed for those seeking a serene escape. Emma Loffhagen checks in ...

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Food, music and culture have made the Italian southern city of Naples famous around the globe. But there ...

Schliemann believed he had found the burial mask of Agamemnon, the legendary king who led the Greeks during the Trojan War, ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

PHĀEA, founded by sisters Agapi and Costantza Sbokou, redefines luxury hospitality in Greece with a focus on sustainable, ...

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

A deeper look into the development of ancient Greek art and sculpture through time, covering various styles, forms and ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...

The world of archaeology and art is often filled with thrilling discoveries, but few match the sheer surprise and sere ...

From ancient Turkey and Alexander the ... but also markers of diplomatic exchanges and symbols of personal prestige. Roman and Greek leaders paired their portraits with specific symbols of power ...

Early evidence of symbolic thinking includes ancient cave art, which suggests a time where sounds and symbols were associated ... which influenced Greek and Latin scripts and laid the foundation ...

Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often unearthed during construction projects. A headless statue believed to be 2,000 years old has been found inside a black ...