The Mycenaean civilization was the first advanced culture of mainland Greece, shaping the foundations of Greek identity, myth ...

Bronze has been an important metal for millennia. Some two thousand years of Greek history come under the Bronze Age, 3,100 – 1,000 years BCE. This was a time of enormous creativity and courage when ...

All traditions are human inventions that last briefly or, sometimes, forever. Some of those innovations are extremely useful, and last, others vanish, only to be replaced by better alternatives. We ...

In a quiet street in the heart of the Greek capital stands a massive sand-colored classical building, held by elegant columns as if ripped straight from ancient Greek civilization. This is the ...

Did political decentralization foster classical civilization? That is one of the central claims of this fascinating new work of analytical history by the Stanford political scientist and classicist ...

Source Had the Greeks not held off and defeated the mighty Persian Juggernaut, they would not have flourished and influenced the Mediterranean region and Western Europe, Rome, etc., the very basis of ...

In the spring of 1900, a group of Greek sponge divers, blown off course by a storm in the Aegean, stumbled upon the wreck of an ancient Roman ship loaded with treasure that had sunk more than 2,000 ...

Festivalgoers say the annual event offers a chance to experience Greek culture, cuisine and entertainment ...

The Assumption Greek Orthodox Church on Ormsby Lane is hosting its 101st annual Greek Festival this weekend.

Stavros Naltsas, chairman of the Valley Greek Festival, said “We always hear people say, ‘I’ve been coming here since I was a ...