Perhaps no other ancient city captures our imagination quite like Pompeii. The storyline is familiar: a thriving city on the Bay of Naples- a mecca of high culture and a playground of the rich- ...

All traditions are human inventions that last briefly or, sometimes, forever. Some of those innovations are extremely useful, and last, others vanish, only to be replaced by better alternatives. We ...

The Pythian Games, ancient Greece's art Olympics, were a blend of athletic and cultural festivities taking place in Delphi ...

Another major reason why Halloween is gaining such popularity in Greece is that it resembles one of Greece’s most popular ...

Spring is here and brings along with it several religious holidays: Easter, Ramadan and Passover. Western Easter was several weeks ago, but Orthodox Easter is being observed on May 2 this year. I ...

They all have a cultural connection to Greece. “If you are a Greek American,” says artist George Petrides, “ it reminds you of our heritage or portions of our heritage that you should be aware of.” ...

Correspondent photo / Brandon Cantwell The Filarakia (translates to “friends”) served as the primary musical entertainment at the 38th annual Summerfest on Saturday. ...Correspondent photo / Brandon ...

For several years, a photographer has documented local Greek customs and attire, turning his lens toward his country’s vibrant traditional culture. Shadows from an ...

A German woman returned a 2,400 year-old relic from Ancient Olympia in Greece after taking it from the site in the 1960s. The Greek Ministry of Culture has called her decision an act of 'sensitivity ...

The Greek government and the British Museum have held talks in recent years over the return of the Parthenon sculptures.

The Greeks first colonized the Bay of Naples and the various cities like Pompeii and Herculaneum that studded its sun-kissed coast in 600 BC. Centuries later, when the Romans conquered Greece in 146 ...