The ancient Greek story of Orestes and Pylades is an enduring tale of friendship, and devotion, tested by danger, death, and ...

The Piraeus Lion is indeed an intriguing artefact, as it has a complex history that involves various peoples, from the ancient Greeks who carved it, to the Varangians who left their runic inscriptions ...

Archaeologists in Turkey uncovered Byzantine-era bread with a Greek inscription and image of Christ, revealing deep ...

The symbols and images we see in our everyday lives can sometimes have very powerful meanings behind them. Take, for example, symbols of resilience and strength. For thousands of years, symbols of ...

History has long pitted Persian and Greek societies as moral opposites—the former, a culture of hedonists, and the latter defined by no-frills self discipline. A new exhibition titled “Luxury and ...