Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...

THE debt crisis that caused Greece to ask for an international bailout on Friday has been attributed to many things, all economic: Greece’s budget deficits, its lack of transparency and its ...

"New Orleans," wrote A. J. Liebling in 1961, lies "within the orbit of a Hellenistic world that never touched the North Atlantic." Each May, New Orleanians are reminded of their city's Grecian aura at ...

Test your geography smarts with this quiz: Q: What’s the biggest island in Greece? A: Crete, with an area of about 3,200 square miles, is the largest among Greece’s 1,000-plus islands.

The researchers found that many locals have strong genetic ties to Bronze Age and Classical-era Greeks. While most of southeastern Europe saw major population changes in the Medieval period, the ...

Life in Corfu, Greece means olive-clothed hills, slow village days, and a high standard of living for $2,000 a ...