The Thesmophoria was a prominent ancient Greek festival dedicated to Demeter, goddess of agriculture, and her daughter Persephone, celebrating the cycles of life, death, and rebirth. The festival, ...

In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s ...

The story of the marathon begins in the rugged hills of ancient Greece, where long-distance running was not a pastime but a ...

Truth means describing reality. It is a statement that tells what things actually are. While technically, the understanding is that truth describes reality, many people do not know this. Many ...

From the Library of Alexandria to the lost works of Plato, the world is littered with ancient writings containing long-lost ...

Philopoemen was the most skilled general of the Achaean League. He defeated Sparta and propelled the league to prominence in ...

UC scholars presented ancient Greek findings at the Met, revealing discoveries from a 3,500-year-old warrior's grave.

During the age of emperors, Roman sculpture was of artistic, religious, and political importance, and often took on epic ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday to the Milan Cortina Winter Games — missing a ...

The sun-bleached stones of Greece tell stories that stretch back millennia, but most travelers only skim the surface of this ancient tapestry. While Santorini draws millions with its Instagram-perfect ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...