Popular culture has mythologised The Spartans as militaristic warriors who enjoyed nothing more than battling to the death. But how much of what we think we know is actually true? And what can modern ...

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TIL Quaker Oats Co. fully funded the 1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory movie to promote a new line of candy.

Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery in that aligns with a famous Bible verse. The 1,300-year-old artifact was ...

On the borderlands of early civilizations, people who considered one another alien met in moments of trade, warfare or simple human curiosity.

In an ancient monastery behind huge medieval battlements in a hilltop town just south of Rome, 10 monks are striving to keep alive a 1,600-year-old spiritual tradition against increasing odds.

Take a virtual tour of the Acropolis of Athens, one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. Explore the ...

A new lighting system was unveiled at the Acropolis on Wednesday that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said would serve to illuminate the democratic principles of ancient Greece as well as the ...

At the royal gymnasium of Mieza, the site where Aristotle once tutored a teenage Alexander the Great, a new phase of ...

Greece has dismantled a criminal ring which trafficked dozens of Nepali men, beat them and forced them to work in ...

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus, located at the foot of the Acropolis and one of Greece's most famous ancient theatres, will ...

These 10 towns offer affordable fun and small-town charm! Cedar Key feels like time decided to take a permanent vacation here. This little island town greets you with Old Florida magic the second you ...