The historic Athonite Academy at Mount Athos was instrumental in promoting Christianity and Greek identity during the Ottoman ...

First look at Christopher Nolan’s $250M adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey: Robert Pattinson as Antinous, Zendaya as Athena, ...

With The Odyssey just 1 year away, Christopher Nolan recently revealed he nearly directed the highest-grossing Greek epic ...

Roman mosaic in ancient Nicaea reveals rare portrait of Lake Ascania as a woman, offering new insight into İznik’s ...

Fans reacted to Nolan’s first look at 'The Odyssey,' criticizing its bland costumes. Here’s why expectations are high.

Today, olive oil is often hailed as helping to protect against disease, but beliefs in its medicinal or even sacred properties date back millennia.

(CNN) — How often do you think about the Roman Empire? For a team of international researchers who went all in and mapped the ancient Roman road system, the answer — truly — is every day. And now, ...

A bronze, temple-shaped box dating back over 1,700 years was discovered in central Romania, officials with the Turda History Museum announced in late September. Archaeologists unearthed the box over ...

The ancient Greeks loved the theater and ancient Greek actors enjoyed a position of eminence and respect. In contrast, although entertainment and drama were similarly adored in Ancient Rome, theater ...

Long before the Roman Empire came along, the Ancient Greeks controlled much of southern Italy. From the 8th to the 5th centuries BC, intrepid Greek settlers transformed this region into a mosaic of ...

Divers exploring the centuries-old Antikythera wreck retrieved intact pieces of the ship and found artifacts that shed light on life aboard the craft. The Antikythera shipwreck dates back to the first ...

Fermented fish sauce, or garum, was an incredibly popular condiment throughout the Roman Empire. For the first time, ancient DNA – scraped from vats used to produce the sauce – has revealed exactly ...