In collaboration with the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete, the Palace Museum is presenting the exhibition Daedalus: ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

The Trojan War was the famous conflict between the Trojans and the Greeks. But surprisingly, the city of Troy itself was ...

Ancient Greek mythology and art depict lions. Did lions once live in Greece? Larry Rideout | Boston Yes! Lions have a huge historic range. Evidence has been found that as far back as the ...

Sitting in the Ionian Sea, several miles west off of Greece's northwest ... a peninsula between two ancient fortresses, Corfu Town has played an important role in Greek history since the eighth ...

The film takes us on a journey through humanity’s evolving view of our home planet—from ancient beliefs that the Earth was flat and supported by gigantic elephants and turtles, to the scientific ...

I was particularly struck by the idea in Laura Spinney’s article that some folk myths may date back as far as 60,000 years when, it is believed, a few Homo sapiens individuals made their way out ...

The footpaths that link the isolated mountain settlements of Zagori offer some of the most spectacular hiking in the whole of ...

One of the best ways to explore mainland Greece is under your own steam ... to don a mask and flippers and snorkel over an ancient submerged city; to climb Mount Olympus, the fabled home of ...

The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, ...