A birthday cake had lit candles around it, with each candle representing a year of the celebrant’s life. The celebrant blows ...

The Antikythera Mechanism, a remarkable device discovered in an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Greece, has long been a ...

Many "modern" inventions actually have precedents dating back more than 1000 years, to ancient Greek and Roman times.

In the summer of 1900, a group of sponge divers off the coast of Antikythera, a Greek island, stumbled upon a shipwreck that ...

Archaeologists and divers returned to the 2,000-year-old Antikythera wreck in Greece and found dozens of artifacts, photos show. Photo from Return to Antikythera Off the coast of a Greek island ...

Firefighters are struggling to bring a major wildfire on Greece’s southern island of Crete under control, hampered by gale force winds that are whipping up the flames.

The tale of Salmoneus, the king who dared to imitate Zeus, reveals ancient fears of hubris, madness, and divine punishment.

The boomerang, found in a cave in southern Poland, may be the oldest in the world, dating back 40,000 years, according to researchers.

When a section of road in eastern Cyprus collapsed, officials looked into the gaping hole and were surprised to find a long-forgotten ancient tomb. Excavations revealed the roughly 2,000-year-old ...

Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyokeres has been spotted on holiday in Greece amid links to a summer move to the Premier League.