Siesta time, during which Greeks take a nap to escape the heat, is a sacred tradition of the Greeks, spanning back many ...

Rizitika songs are the oldest type of music in Crete, originating from the western part of the Greek island, but now heard ...

Whether our Western political systems are true democracies or republics can be answered by examining ancient Greek philosophy ...

Arbalest flame-thrower spewing Greek fire, Byzantine Empire (reconstruction). Thessaloniki Technology Museum. Credit: Gts-tg/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Greek fire was the mysterious weapon used by ...

Greece has about 6000 islands, 230 of which are inhabited. Here is a map explaining all of the Greek island groups.

Ancient Greek physicians observed symptoms of sleep apnea and relied on surgery to treat airway issues, as shown in Dionysius ...

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake jolted the Greek Orthodox enclave of Mount Athos in northern Greece, with no injuries or damages ...

Ancient Greek mercenaries were a ubiquitous force on the battlefields of the ancient Mediterranean where they fought for ...

Ancient Greek trireme warships, which had three banks of oarsmen, were so effective that they enabled the rise of Athens as a ...

The story of Philinnion is about a ghost in ancient Greece, a maiden who returned from the grave to make love to a human.

Russia launched one of the war's largest air attacks on Ukraine, with at least three people killed after a massive drone ...

Kastellorizo, an island on the easternmost edge of the Aegean of Greece, may lack in size, but it makes up for this with its ...