Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 4th century BCE, when the Battle of Thermopylae took place. It was one of the key ...

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Discovery is the last of the lost tombs of former Egyptian kings from the Eighteenth Dynasty, which ruled for over two ...

The Vlach Wedding, a protected custom included in Greece’s Intangible Cultural Heritage, is no coincidence that it coincides ...

The recent earthquake swarm near Santorini has brought the topic of volcanoes in Greece back into the spotlight.

More than 6,000 ancient Greek artifacts, dating from the Mycenaean period to the Classical era and originating from various ...

Evidence show that confession might actually have an origin in the pre-Christian religious customs of ancient Greece.

This delirious reimagining of Sophocles’ tragedy of Oedipus, king of Thebes, is a freaky fever dream ... The tragedies of ...

Greece is one of Europe’s worst examples of environmental policy. The most well-known damage is caused by fires, but recent industrial and energy policy, particularly under Prime Minister Mitsotakis, ...

It was the largest protest in Greece in more than a decade and rallies also took place in more than 100 other cities across the country. The protests come following the release to local media of a ...