Mac” McElwain’s iconic performance during a Greece Athena basketball game is tomorrow! In celebration of the viral game’s anniversary, some bobblehead figures of the Greece native has been unveiled by ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Nike was the Greek goddess of victory and an attendant of Zeus. While not among the 12 Olympian gods, she is described as a ...

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The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited world sites, but what stood on top of it before the construction of the ...

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners ... the Temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion. Travelers say the ...

Must-see sight: the Parthenon, Athens It’s well worth the hefty climb to see sights such as the temple dedicated to goddess of victory Athena Nike ... of the Colossus statue – one of the ...

From budget-friendly tavernas to dirt-cheap souvlaki joints where some of the tastiest meat you’ll ever eat is wrapped in greaseproof paper, Athens is a city where you can eat well without ...

The precious items have been held in Britain since being seized at the Battle of Magdala in 1868 but now the African nation's government wants them back.

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An ancient marble statue of a woman believed to be more than ... During preparations for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, archaeologists worked alongside construction workers to preserve ...

In December, construction workers putting in natural gas pipelines near Athens found a Roman-era statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis of ...