In 86 BC, Roman General Sulla unleashed a brutal siege on ancient Athens, permanently transforming the sovereign state into a museum city.

New research shows how trade rooted in local resource differences and the conflicts it sparked, made ancient Greek city-states thrive.

A joint archaeological project between Greece's culture ministry and a Chinese team of researchers is breaking new ground ...

There has been a long-running debate about the extent to which the ideal of the rule of law determined the decisions of the courts of democratic Athens. This paper attempts to resolve the debate by ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For visitors to Athens, the ancient Odeon of Herod Atticus is the must-see theater at the foot of the Acropolis. Artists revere it for the majestic stage where legends have ...

In the Greek capital, ancient history is everywhere you look. But these days, the city is also home to boundary-pushing art. A passerby might have mistaken it for a wedding feast. In Metaxourgio, a ...