Here are 11 of our favourite places in mainland Greece that make for brilliant alternatives to the islands this summer. Part of the joy of staying in seaside Nafplio is the drive there over the ...

A unique archaeological find has recently expanded our knowledge of Neanderthals' capacity for symbolic thought. The object ...

Costa Navarino is a vacation destination that's unlike any other in Greece. Here's what you should know before you visit this ...

There have been enough rumors on the web about the next God of War game being set in ancient Greece where you get to see a ...

A dominant hypothesis placed cat domestication in the Levant, 12,000 to 5,000 years ago. This theory was based on the ...

airy Greek statues we most associate with the ancient culture. By 500 B.C., Greek sculptors began imitating the world around them, and glorifying the sensual human form. Even now, ancient Greek ...

Just over an hour from Athens, this Saronic Island idyll offers all the charm of its Cycladic cousins with fewer visitors, says Rebecca Hall ...

Credit: Neil Howard / CC BY-NC 2.0 For decades, experts believed cats were first domesticated in ancient Egypt, where they were sacrificed in religious rituals, mummified, and appeared in art. However ...

Lions often sat atop tombs in ancient Greece ... the body of a jungle cat and a majestic set of wings. "Yes!" he said with delight. "A griffin!" The surface of the sculpture was once covered ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...

Contemporary writings on art, including a book by Roman author Pliny the Elder, mention the fact that sculptures in ancient Greece were painted and not left with the white marble exposed.

DELOS, GREECE—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 ...