For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.

The Diolkos stone road is a marvel of engineering from Ancient Greece, allowing ships to travel from the Ionian Sea to the Aegean Sea.

A photograph shows a Greek-owned oil tanker in-bound for the Baltic a week before Estonia says it was detained by Russia. Credit: Morten Esmarch Weesgaard ...

Just 50 kilometers south of Athens, between Thoricus and Cape Sounion, lies the mines of Laurion. Silver, copper, lead have ...

Written by Associate Professor David PritchardThe Olympic Games immediately spring to mind when people think about sport in ...

The Greek alphabet, traditionally believed to have ... It also prompts a reconsideration of ancient literacy in the Aegean region and potentially changes our understanding of cultural milestones ...

Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, proving that the archaic humans were distributed widely over Asia.

Greek warships patrolled the gulf coast, shelling rebel positions on shore. On clear days the Greek air force—Spitfires and Harvard trainers—helped out with strafing and reconnaissance.

The ancient people of Carthage ... came from people genetically similar to those in modern-day Sicily and Greece, and North African ancestry appeared later, likely as Carthage rose to power.

Pakistan Military Refuses To De-escalate, Fires More Drones At India | 'Await Our Response...' Amid spiralling tensions with India, Pakistan has flatly refused to step back from confrontation.

This weekend, Pyongyang had unveiled its new warship, a 5,000-ton destroyer-class vessel named Choe Hyon, which some analysts said was likely to be equipped with short-range tactical nuclear missiles.

Members of New Mexico’s Picuris Pueblo Tribal Nation have long told stories about having descended from ancient North American ancestors. Genetic evidence now backs up what Picuris people ...