Greece is known around the world for many things, one of which is its society’s devotion to the foundational role of family.

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

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands ... woman might have been a priestess of the goddess Ceres (Roman equivalent of Demeter). So this ...

Back in the pre-digital decades of the 20th century, there was nothing more delightful, in the view of my brother Hal and ...

In Europe, the 1 May date of Labour Day is also significant as the date of the ancient tradition of May Day. The month of May was named for the Roman goddess “Maia,” who corresponded to the Greek ...

Fans could be rushing to brush up on their Greek mythology to better understand the film in advance of catching it in cinemas ...

The cradle of Western civilization birthed democracy, philosophy, theatre, and the Olympic Games. It’s a place that has captured the imagination of travelers for millennia. And yet for all that ...

It probably spent most, if not all, of its life in the water eating… anything unfortunate enough to venture too far into the ...

Or so one would think, looking at the current art scene. But a new and fascinating archeological finding shows that this has ...

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