There are lots of ancient ruins to see in Greece, unsurprisingly, but European travel guru Rick Steves recommends these three particular sites.

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

Want to see Greece—without any of the crowds? Skip the islands and immerse yourself in the history of ancient Greek civilization. This amazing 4-day road trip through the Peloponnese region of ...

Researchers found what they believe is a 2,000-year-old map of the stars The star catalog was made by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 162 and 127 BCE, 1,400 years before the telescope.

This particular narrative from ancient Greece is an exploration of “nostos,” a word that means “homecoming” but has come to mean “sweet” in modern Greek. In the “Odyssey,” Odysseus’ reunion with his ...

Making the U.S. More Greek An American political system that faithfully imitated the customs and institutions of ancient Greek democracy would be unrecognizable in many ways.

Rather than encounter history as a linear story, we see it as a world more like our own, one in which we're actors with sets of competing choices laid out before us.