Deipnosophistae is a work by Athenaeus, written around 200 CE, about well-read people philosophizing at the dinner table and enjoying good food and drink. The title is a combination of two words: ...

Credit: Mary Harrsch, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The history of Insurance goes back to ancient Greece as people at the time employed insurance-like practices in certain domains, predominantly within maritime ...

The repatriation, marked by a ceremony led by Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, adds pressure on the UK to negotiate, with Greece offering to loan artefacts in exchange. Excavations beneath the Basilica ...

Apr. 14, 2025 — Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman ...

Greece is a member of the EU, and so, under the terms of the Maastricht Treaty, the country has to include all public debt in its national debt figures. However, there are some categories of ...

A haunting new immersive experience is about to take over a historic venue in Toronto, transforming the space into Ancient Greece for a daring retelling of a story we all know. The name Medusa ...

Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been ... began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity.

Apr. 2, 2025 — Jurassic dinosaurs milled about ancient Scottish lagoons, leaving up to 131 footprints at a newly discovered stomping ground on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, according to a new ...