On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an archaeological site named for a mound roughly in the shape of a horseshoe, or ...

Travel is often about experiencing new places, cultures and histories. But some destinations take you deeper into history ...

Graves unearthed in northern Greece contain bones widely believed to be from victims of the country's civil war in the late 1940s.

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

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

Delacroix's painting "Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi" will come to Greece, commemorating 200 years since the heroic ...

Imagine the walls that have soaked up 1600 years of history in one of Constantinople’s most important Byzantine monasteries, ...

Go on an unforgettable trip to Greece exploring stunning islands or delving into the rich history with these 7,8,9, 10-day ...

There’s nowhere quite like Athens. The mix of ancient ruins and modern city life is pretty surreal, and the juxtaposition of a 2500-year-old temple with a corner restaurant serving authentic local ...