DNA evidence suggests that living Greeks are indeed descendants of the ancient Mycenaeans, who ruled Greece from 1,600 BC to 1,200 BC.

DNA evidence suggests that living Greeks are indeed descendants of the ancient Mycenaeans, who ruled Greece from 1,600 BC to 1,200 BC.

While many islands of the Greek archipelago are rich in marble or fertile soil, Milos, an island in Greece, held a treasure that shaped the early...

For generations, Herodotus’ account—that the Greek alphabet originated from the Phoenicians—has been widely accepted by scholars. The Greeks, he...

A precious ancient Greek column head dating to the 4th century BC that has been returned from Germany was the subject of a special repatriation...

The life-size silver bull of Delphi, discovered in 1939, continues to mesmerize with the artistry of the ancient Greeks. The stunning piece was...

The finding offers tantalizing clues in the ongoing quest to piece together the origins of ORCs—mysterious, ring-shaped radio signals from space....

A group of Greeks in South Africa posing together sometime in the first half of the 20th century. Credit: Antonis Chaldeos Despite being persecuted...

Friendship might not be the first thing we associate with ancient Greeks, but their philosophical reflections on it are worth remembering. The ancient...

A recent study examines how centuries of contact between Greek and Egypt’s native language shaped Coptic, the final stage of ancient Egyptian,...