Hellanicus of Lesbos, born c. 480 BC in Greece, was one of the earliest, most prolific Greek logographers of the 5th century ...

The Greek alphabet, believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is undergoing reevaluation by Leiden University.

For over two thousand years, successive societies forged the civilization of ancient Greece. From the early societies of the ...

A vast library was assembled in Assyria by King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2,700 years ago. The ...

New research led by Associate Professor Willemijn Waal suggests that the Greek alphabet may have originated centuries earlier ...

David Bentley Hart imagines Eros, Hephaistos, Hermes, and Psyche coming out of retirement to debate contemporary philosophy ...

It was previously believed that the Levantine DNA of the Phoenicians spread as far as their famous alphabet, which influenced ...

For the families of slain pro-Communist Greeks, the find in the Park of National Resistance is reviving a wartime legacy kept ...

For the families of slain pro-Communist Greeks, the find in the Park of National Resistance is reviving a wartime legacy kept dormant to avoid reigniting old animosities. The small site has become ...

The birth of western civilization and democracy takes form in the Greek epic Hellas, told in verse, mask, rhythm, dance, and ...