Lechaion, ancient Greece's largest seaport, was the heart of the region's commerce. A new study reveals it may be even older ...

Scientists have pushed back the foundation of the port at Ancient Corinth, called Lechaion, by at least five centuries.

Underneath a temple in the ancient ruined city of Taposiris Magna, archaeologists discovered a vast tunnel, referred to by ...

Hypatia, one of the greatest philosophers of Alexandria, was admired for her groundbreaking ideas but was brutally murdered for them by Christian fanatics in the fourth century AD. Born around the ...

The extraordinary images that emerged from ash show Dionysian followers dancing and hunting, which are akin to frescoes of the nearby Villa of the Mysteries that were found 100 years ago.

Rhodes, the largest island of the Dodecanese archipelago in Greece, possesses a history spanning millennia. While currently a major Mediterranean tourist favourite, Rhodes is uniquely distinguished as ...

This region consists of multiple countries that sit along the Mediterranean Sea, including France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain, Cyprus, and Turkey. Each country offers its own unique culture and ...

Uncovered in what was once a spacious banqueting hall that opened onto a garden, the frieze dates back to the 1st century BC, ...

The Malabathrinum papyrus (P.Vindob. G 35250, Herakleopolis/Middle Egypt, 5th century CE) contains a recipe for an eye ...

Malta International Contemporary Art Space occupies a site in Floriana at the restored Ospizio, a 1667 fortress three-quarters of a mile from central Valletta, Malta’s capital city.

The finer details: For those after some early sun, the Turkish Riviera is an off-season paradise and seven nights at Liberty ...

The idyllic Greek destinations and lesser-known islands worth travelling for – and those our writer doesn’t rate quite as ...