The move for American Independence was greatly influenced by ancient Greece, particularly philosophy from the time.

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Elephants have been a powerful symbol of wealth and power since ancient times. But how did the symbolic meanings of elephants ...

A cluster of holiday apartments among striking, semi-mountainous terrain pays homage to the island’s landscape beyond the ...

No other Indian fruit can match the mango for its historical significance, its sociocultural importance and its almost ...

The British Museum could be on the cusp of agreeing a historic deal to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Its chairman, George Osborne, is about to meet the museum’s trustees to thrash out some ...

Nestled on the coast of the island of Euboea (Evia), the ancient city of Eretria was one of the most influential centers in ...

Konstantine Panegyres reveals what finding love was like in Ancient Greece and Rome - and what lessons we can take into the ...

Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered a 2,000-year-old tomb near Corinth containing a gold Apollo ring with a healing ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in Egypt has revealed fresh evidence about the workforce behind the construction of ...

Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana ...