A five-star haven on Greece’s largest island is designed for those seeking a serene escape. Emma Loffhagen checks in ...

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NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Food, music and culture have made the Italian southern city of Naples famous around the globe. But there ...

Every year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, a tradition that dates back more ...

In ancient Egypt, a rearing cobra, a prominent symbol of royal power ... light over darkness. In Greek mythology the rod of Asclepius, entwined with a single serpent, symbolizes medicine and ...

Despite opposition, the Municipality of Trifylia, southern Greece, uprooted a historic tree, tied to the Greece's War of ...

The story of Helen of Troy and the Trojan Horse are the myths of mirth for the New Orleans krewe's annual celebration ...

Food, music and culture have made the Italian southern city of Naples famous around the globe. But there’s another Neapolitan tradition that fascinates locals and visitors alike: the c ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god Cupid taking aim with his bow and arrow at his unsuspecting victims, I take refuge in my training as a scholar of early Greek poetry ...

"Parthenope," the latest film from writer and director Paolo Sorrentino ("Youth"), is gorgeous, but its meaning is elusive.