How was William Shakespeare’s work influenced by ancient Greece? Credit: ell brown. CC BY 2.0/flickr It was once believed that Shakespeare was intimately familiar with ancient Greek tragedies and ...

There were schools of thought in Ancient Greece that speculated about extraterrestrial life in trying to answer the many questions about the universe. The Aristotelian worldview of a unified, finite ...

From his dozens of lovers came many children, possibly nearing 100, giving new meaning to his status in ancient Greek religion as the father of all. Here are some of Zeus’s most notable offspring, ...

The ancient Phoenician shipwreck dates back to ... alphabet that formed the basis for the ones later produced by ancient Greece and Rome, many traces of the civilization were considered lost ...

ATHENS, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Greece's former royal family has been granted Greek citizenship and pledged loyalty to the republic in a landmark move 50 years after the country abolished the monarchy.

Karl Mischke … in discussing the origin of the Arabic numerals, points out that the Roman numerals from 1 to 10 originated from the primitive custom of reckoning on the fingers of the two hands ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Prince Philippos, left, Prince Pavlos, center, and Prince Nikolaos, right, sons of former king of Greece ...

an ancient settlement turned beach resort about 10 miles west. Mount Itamos, a popular trekking destination, is about 10 miles south. Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, is about 60 ...

Greece has been selected to host the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Ancient Civilizations Forum in December 2025, following this year’s meeting in Yerevan, Armenia, which was attended by Greek Culture ...

Researchers have deciphered a mysterious inscription hidden within an ancient amulet, uncovering fascinating new insights into the early history of Christianity. The small, silver amulet was ...

Archaeologists have discovered an inscribed silver amulet that one theologian now says may rewrite the history of Christianity north of the Alps mountain range. The inscribed amulet was found ...

MYSTERIOUS alien-like statues with bizarre elongated skulls and lizard features have been unearthed at an ancient Stone Age site. Archaeologists discovered the statues from 7,000 years ago in ...