Despite their social isolation, Ancient Greece revered a number of powerful ... Gorgo, Queen of Sparta Gorgo was the wife of King Leonidas I, Cleomenes’ half-brother, who fought and died in the Battle ...

The Ionian League, was a confederation of twelve Ionian Greek city-states located along the coast of Asia Minor.

has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece -- New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago ...

New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity ...

The maps generated by WXCharts on March 20 show suggest that, on April 2, parts of the Italian mainland, Sicily, Croatia and even mainland Greece will be hit by rain and snow. At the time when ...

300 is a visually striking adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel that showcases the legendary Battle of Thermopylae with Gerard Butler as the fearless King Leonidas. A dark, gripping take ...

Rain with a high of 65 °F (18.3 °C) and a 62% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 4 to 9 mph (6.4 to 14.5 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 56% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at ...

Cloudy with a high of 68 °F (20 °C) and a 54% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 6 to 12 mph (9.7 to 19.3 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable ...

Pic: AP Protests are being held in dozens of towns and cities across Greece as part of a general strike which has grounded flights and halted sea and train transport. International and domestic ...

One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country Eli Wizevich The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek ...

Among the largest demonstrations since Greece’s debt crisis a decade ago ... protesters entering an archaeological site near the ancient Roman monument of Hadrian’s Arch and pelting riot ...

Constant expansion has introduced a sense of modernism to this ancient city ... For more details about security concerns in Greece, visit the U.S. State Department's website.