The story of how Athens, one of the oldest cities in the world, attained its current name is a foundational tale of Greek ...

Tennis legend Novak Djokovic was reportedly seen out in Athens dining with the Greek Prime Minister amidst rumours of ...

Another 10 people died and 200 injured in Israel overnight during missile attacks by Iran on residential areas.

Tall mountains rise on one side, and a steep cliff drops on the other. This is what you see when landing at Lukla Airport ...

Zeus and other ancient gods from various mythologies may be rooted in earlier Proto-Indo-European beliefs in a "sky father" ...

The story of Father Dimitrios, a British spy disguised as an Orthodox monk in pre-World War II Greece, is a fascinating ...

A private helicopter hired to fly four foreign tourists to Mykonos crashed into the sea off Vouliagmeni beach in Athens' southern suburbs.

Although most people connect psychedelic drugs to the 1960s, they were used throughout much of human history, including in ...

Greek PM Mitsotakis urges Netanyahu to avoid escalation in Iran as nuclear talks collapse and strikes continue amid rising ...

Antiparos is a small Greek island in the southern Aegean, in the central Cyclades, and it is home to the oldest cave in ...

God of the sea, rivers, storms, earthquakes, bulls and horses, Poseidon occupies a large amount of ancient Greek mythology.

Greek legend speaks of Troy being a vassal city of the Assyrian Empire. Is there any truth to this obscure tradition?