Corsica, the fourth-largest island in the Med, was once a popular destination for the Greeks of Mani who fled to escape the ...
Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance from Athens to Sparta and back — not just from Marathon to Athens? Credit: MatthiasKabel/Wikimedia Commons/ Creative Commons ...
The 41st Athens Marathon kicks off with a historic race, celebrating athletic legacy and honoring the spirit of the ancient marathon.
A 63-year-old Saudi man named Abdullah married 53 times over 43 years, seeking peace and stability rather than merely ...
The ancient mystery of the great sound quality at the ancient Greek theater of Epidaurus has finally been solved, researchers ...
The Rolls Royce emblem, dubbed the Spirit of Ecstasy, draws heavily from the Nike of Samothrace, a Hellenistic masterpiece ...
Eos, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, with her abode the sky, was perhaps the most resplendent of all the beings in the Greek pantheon.
Could the global flood narrative in the Bible have a basis in fact? Scientists have different theories on the historicity of Noah's flood.
Zozo Christodoulou runs the Marathon becoming the first Greek woman to do so in history. Credit: Screenshot from Youtube.com/Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ On October 19 ...
Nabataeans established a mysterious, ancient kingdom and had a reputation for great accomplishments with links to Greece and Rome.
The Alexis Zorbas character in "Zorba the Greek" is one of the most memorable in all of film history based on the Nikos Kazantzakis book ...
Yannis Boutaris, former Thessaloniki mayor and iconic Greek winemaker, died at 82; remembered for his progressive stance and ...