Inmates at HMP Wayland, Norfolk, were taught how to live virtuous, peaceful lives based on resilience, rational thinking and ...

To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various sources.

Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles must be considered its father.

Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered a 2,000-year-old tomb near Corinth containing a gold Apollo ring with a healing ...

In a rare interview marking a decade since Greece’s near-exit from the euro, Angela Merkel defends her record on Greece’s ...

Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana Jones movie. From its beginnings as an accidental discovery to the recent ...

Greek police has dismantled a gang of Greeks and foreign nationals who had set up a laboratory in Attica to extract cocaine from cowhides.

Though the remaining roles have yet to be confirmed, major characters in the book include Odysseus’ wife, Penelope, and Greek ...

More than one in four Greeks have a savings account that they keep concealed from their partner, according to the findings of ...

Part of a road in Cyprus collapsed, revealing a long-forgotten tomb from about 2,000 years ago, officials said. Photos show ...

Greek tourism student Katerina quit within a month of starting work at a five-star hotel in Halkidiki, one of the country's top destinations, because she said conditions were so dire.

The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great public works. He ruled Egypt for two-thirds of a century (roughly 1279 ...