The unique ancient Greek board game Zatrikion discovered at the Knossos Palace shows that the ancients had a penchant for leisurely games ...

Since the late 1980s, archaeologists have been working at the site of the ancient city of Zeugma in eastern Turkey -- founded ...

During the operation, suspects identified as F.Ş. (47), M.Ş. (45), and Ş.Ş. (49) were apprehended at the scene by gendarmerie ...

There’s nothing new about our modern obsession with playing and watching sports—they were popular in ancient Greek and Roman ...

The scroll named PHerc. 172, one of three from Herculaneum housed at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, was scanned last July.

The scroll, found in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, contains part of a multi-volume work titled "On Vices" and was ...

A charred Herculaneum scroll, buried by the AD 79 Vesuvius eruption, was identified via X-ray as part of Philodemus’ On Vices ...

Greek vessels including the amphora, kylix and krater were functional but also could be elaborate works of art.

Today, when one thinks of the origin of sports and athletic competitions, the ancient Greeks often come to mind. Although ...

For those looking for a more adventure-packed holiday, there's the opportunity to do snorkelling and diving excursions to ...

A worrying one in four Greeks is on the brink of poverty, a new report has revealed - almost 6% higher than the EU average.

There are just a few weeks left until the mandatory registration of all citizens in the system, otherwise, it will be done ...