History buffs will want to visit this ancient Greek theater, overlooking the Ionian Sea. Built in the third century B.C., the theater could hold thousands of people attending ancient Greek ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Mary Diane Simons, one of three founding directors of Fort Worth’s Hip Pocket Theatre and an honored costume designer, has died following a lengthy illness. She was 80. Simons, along with her ...

Ancient Greeks had a reciprocal relationship with animals. This photo depicts a banquet between Heracles and Eurytus with their dogs. Credit: Jastrow Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Animals played a ...

Delivered to your inbox — completely free. Mary Diane Simons, one of three founding directors of Fort Worth’s Hip Pocket Theatre and an honored costume designer, has died following a lengthy illness.

The Greek key design, also known as the meander, was used prolifically by the Ancient Greeks to adorn pottery, tiles, sculptures and buildings. The geometric motif was named after the winding ...

An actor and musician who set up a hidden camera to film children undressing during costume changes in theatre dressing rooms has been jailed and placed on the sex offenders register for life.

But using ice cores and other ancient data points allows scientists to peer much deeper into the past, and establish that the climate today is likely warmer than it has been in 120,000 years.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The family of the late Costas Simitis former Prime Minister, his wife Daphne Simitis, fifth left, daughters ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think. The birth of ...