One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos was said to have guarded the island of Crete, off the coast of Greece. He ...

Ancient Greeks developed sophisticated units of measurement ranging from measuring length, distance, volume, and weight of solids and liquids ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

A 2,000-year-old marble throne dedicated to Potamon, a revered rhetorician of Mytilene, has been highlighted by a 1908 ...

There are many mysteries concerning the ancient Greek world, including the identity of some of its most illustrious members ...

More than a century ago, a group of sponge divers discovered a shipwreck near the Greek island of Antikythera. It turned out to be the ruins of a cargo vessel dating back some 2,000 years—and hiding a ...

Mykonos or Santorini? • Mykonos vs Santorini • Pros and cons of Mykonos and Santorini, Greece • Find out which one to visit ...

Sandblu , a new luxury resort in Santorini overlooking the seaside village of Kamari from the foothills of Greece's ancient ...

He was writing a tragedy. Thucydides fought in the Peloponnesian War on the Athenian side. His world was steeped in the sensibilities of Greek tragedy, and his historical narrative carries that ...

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