In 1865, the first official tolls were introduced by a decree signed by King George I – The charge was 5 lepta of the drachma ...

‘Stadia’ is an ancient Greek unit of length that ... the Jason of Greek myth who built the ship Argo on Mount Olympus, Greece. ‘One shall not have place or land to attach.

Lechaion was the largest port in ancient Greece and was connected with the city of Corinth using the Long Walls, 12 stadia in length. The port facilities that are visible today mainly date back to the ...

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 ...

As far back as the 8th century B.C.E., the city of Corinth served as the beating heart of the Mediterranean’s commerce. Lechaion, its sea port, was at the very core of its success. A new study ...

Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers recognize that these works of art were not originally displayed in their glistening white form, ...

Greece's culture minister officially accepted the artifact, which was likely stolen from a museum in Olympia in the 1930s Ella Jeffries Cultures throughout history have put lead to use for wacky ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...

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 ...

This ancient period of deep freeze, known as the Neoproterozoic Era, or “Snowball Earth,” lasted from about 1 billion to 543 million years ago. During that time, landmasses consolidated into a ...