The mysterious Djedefre pyramid, which today lays in ruins, has eluded Egyptologists for years because of its unusual staircase feature. Constructed in the Fourth Dynasty,...

Mary Norris is an American author who learned the Greek language during her twenty-four-year career at the famous ''New Yorker'' magazine.

The ancient Minoan language known as "Linear A," long untranslated, may finally be deciphered with the help of the internet.

Statistics show that the typical person switches jobs five to six times over his or her work life, but this is rarely the case...

As seen in impact craters all over our planet, there have been many Earth-shattering hits made by meteorites and comets over the eons --...

The octopus is one of the iconic denizens of the waters off Greece and many other areas of the world. Known for being very...

Many people come to visit Greece with a mission in mind – to visit Olympus, the mountain of the ancient Greek gods.

Get to know Edessa, the Northern Greek city referred to as the “City of Water and of the Five Senses,” which is home to...

Modern English, and indeed many languages, borrow a plethora of words from ancient Greek. One particularly interesting word is "lesbian", today used to describe...

Meteora, Greece, is like no other place on Earth; indeed, in many ways, it looks as if it is on another planet, with its...

In older times, Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from bandits, invaders, and conquerors.

Do you want to experience the authentic spirit of Greece and the Greek people? visit some of the charming and less traveled islands.

The mystery over the Riace Bronzes, two magnificent ancient Greek statues, remains, more than half a century after the day they were recovered off...

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in the long pageant of Greek history; appearing in many of the age-old legends...

Friedrich Hölderlin was an important German Romantic lyric poet whose great work managed to bridge the Classical and Romantic traditions in literature and poetry...

Stoicism was one of the philosophical movements of the Hellenistic period, founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC

Delphi, Greece, 1894. Archeologists and workers pose in front of the magnificent statue of Antinous, which was unearthed near the Temple of Apollo in...

The Roman conquest of Greece is an integral part of the long and rich history of this proud nation. However, people mostly focus on...

Here's a traditional recipe fro the delicious Greek desert Halva with Semolina. Ingredients 250ml sunflower oil 14oz – 400gr semolina flour 5lb – 700gr sugar ...

Here's a traditional recipe for the Greek dessert galaktoboureko, aka Greek milk, or custard, pie. Greece is known around the world for its delicious cuisine,...

A Mediterranean version of stuffed mushrooms dishes would be the chicken Shawarma stuffed mushrooms recipe.

Summer meals can be a tricky choice, especially after a long day at sea under the sun, when we are looking for dishes that...