The name Iphigenia has been synonymous with ancient Greek tragedy and mythology as well as the concept of sacrifice for millennia. This fascinating...

Scientists have recreated Cleopatra’s favorite perfume from a recipe written in Ancient Greek nearly two millennia ago. The Greek queen of...

One ancient Greek scientist proposed the existence of polar day and polar night before people even knew the Earth was a sphere. Bion of Abdera is a...

The Amber Road was an ancient route linking northern Europe to the Mediterranean through which amber, often referred to as “northern...

September 13, 1922 marks one of the darkest days of Hellenism, as Smyrna, one of the most prosperous and beautiful cities on the Mediterranean coast...

Two and a half millennia on, ancient Greek general and historian Thucydides still feels as relevant as the latest breaking news bulletin on TV. His...

Two and a half millennia on, ancient Greek general and historian Thucydides still feels as relevant as the latest breaking news bulletin on TV. His...

The mysterious Sibylline Books were a number of secretly kept Greek oracle collections that the rulers of ancient Rome consulted in times of crisis....

To the ancient Greeks, their land was not just confined to Greece and the nearby islands as we know it today. Aside from Asia Minor, which had many...

The trireme was the most common type of warship in the ancient Mediterranean for some time in early Greek history. The reason it was so important and...