Sacred springs and rivers throughout Ancient Greece were revered as sources of divine power, associated with healing, ...

One of the most outstanding messengers in ancient history was Euchid, who gained fame for his journey following the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC. It is believed that he covered an impressive distance ...

Did the Ancient Greeks really invent the Olympics? What did they wear? How did they party? What did Ancient Greek music sound like? In the first episode of a new series, host of 'The Ancients' podcast ...

Agrarian societies, historically reliant on favorable conditions in nature for their survival, created these rituals to ward ...

Lead pollution in and around the Aegean Sea dates back to the Bronze Age and shows a strong spike associated with Roman ...

DISTOMO, Greece (AP) — Feeling overwhelmed by everyday obligations or doom-scrolling? The ancient Greeks had a ... including more than 50 children in reprisals for attacks by resistance fighters.

This mystical site, which sits along one of Europe's most beautiful stretches of coastline, is one of the continent's last ...

Riot police fired volleys of tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons at protesters hurling gasoline bombs and smashed-up ...

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what we knew about ancient medicine ... trained in Greece and Asia ...