As Italian prime minister, Alcide De Gasperi oversaw the post-World War II return to Greece of Rhodes and the other ...

The Hellenistic period was a veritable cauldron of ambition, betrayal, and sheer bloodlust. It was an era marked by dramatic ...

The ancient Greeks were well versed in the spectrum of gender and queerness, often taking up the theme of sexuality with ...

Sumptuously illustrated in color and packed with information, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is now available for the first time in paperback. Offering fresh interpretations of ...

Cheesecake is one of the most recognizable desserts originating from ancient Greece. Cheesecake was served to athletes at the ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent ... This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Depicted on a tetradrachm, the ...

This article follows our family as we visit the Ancient Agora of Athens. Plus, learn about the history of this iconic ...

the pebbled design is part of a 2,400-year-old floor Sonja Anderson Houses and businesses across the Greek capital incorporate—or obscure—structures spanning the city’s ancient, Byzantine ...

At one level,” he writes, “my book is a history of the study of Greek history from...the 18th century to the present day.” ...

The ancient Greeks were well versed in the spectrum of gender and queerness, often taking up the theme of sexuality with ...

This focus on human suffering epitomises the intense humanism of Greek art. The sculpture also represents Greece's struggle to resist being absorbed into the Persian Empire. The Greeks had a ...