Names have always carried magic. In myth, a name could summon storms, bind gods, or echo through eternity long after the ...

Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...

Ancient Greece’s sculptures are a cornerstone of world art, studied for their lasting influence on culture and artistic ...

A remarkable discovery in Crete has reinvigorated debate over the origins behind the ancient Greek myth of the labyrinth.

Everyone dreams of Santorini’s white domes and caldera sunsets, but Greece is made of more than a single picture-perfect ...

The remote Mababe region is home to vast herds of elephant and buffalo – with lions in close pursuit I was parked up in a hot ...

The Pythian Games, ancient Greece's art Olympics, were a blend of athletic and cultural festivities taking place in Delphi ...

After the latest dig season, archaeologists announced a wealth of treasure surfaced from the popular tourist destination, ...

From the first whispers of Greek mythology to the philosophical writings that shaped the Western mind, one belief remained ...

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in ...

From the industrial fringes of Thessaloniki, the metropolis of layered Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman ghosts, I launched southward. The city’s endurance, symbolized by the White Tower, felt like a ...

This is just one of the grisly examples given in The Atlas Of Deadly Plants, a tome of toxic tales by expert gardener, podcaster and author Jane Perrone, from medieval scammers peddling white bryony ...