The legendary ancient Greek courtesan Lais of Corinth was famous for her beauty that left no man resistant to her charms, and her extravagant demands and sharp tongue ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Just outside the city of Masvingo in southern Zimbabwe lie the majestic ruins of Great Zimbabwe—an ancient city whose stone ...

The geopolitical importance of Cyprus has been both a blessing and a curse, sparking centuries of conflict over control of ...

After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient Lefkada’s theatre was first discovered in 1901, but it took until now ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into ...

Restoration efforts are underway at the archaeological site of Dion, as the Greek Ministry of Culture moves forward with plans to revitalize the monumental complex of the Ancient Agora.

Ancient traders soon became skilled at finding their way around paying tariffs to Roman authorities. The empire’s borders were so long traders could sometimes avoid tariff check points ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman ...

Two action images of the sea battle of Actium – the clash of arms that gave birth to the Roman Empire Funded by the Greek Ministry of Culture and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, this research builds ...