The story of the marathon begins in the rugged hills of ancient Greece, where long-distance running was not a pastime but a ...

The Parthenians, illegitimate children of Sparta's women born during war, became the founders of the esteemed Greek colony of ...

Philopoemen was the most skilled general of the Achaean League. He defeated Sparta and propelled the league to prominence in ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — At a temple in Ancient Olympia, a flame is drawn from the sun to begin its journey to the ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress.

On the evening of June 10, 1953, Markley briefed his men from K Company, 15th Infantry Regiment before sending them to their posts. His roughly 150 soldiers would defend a hilltop outpost barely 400 ...

The Greek Sacred Band was steeped in the epic military history of the ancient hoplite warriors. Established in 1942, the unit ...

ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (AP) — Under a low November sun, a hillside in rural Greece offered a glimpse of war in the near-future. Helicopters skimmed tree lines and infantry units scrambled across a ...

Souvlaki, ancient history, some of the world’s best beaches – there are endless reasons to holiday in Greece. But with popularity comes crowds, and in recent years the streets of Rhodes, Mykonos and ...

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Archaeologists working at a Croatian university campus have identified seven skeletons discovered in an ancient well as Roman soldiers who met violent deaths nearly 1,700 years ago. The discovery, ...