A fast-moving wildfire whipped by gale-force winds burned through the night and into Thursday on Greece’s southern island of ...

Who built Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza? The mystery has haunted scientists for years. Now, ancient inscriptions discovered inside the monument have answered the great question about the mammoth ...

In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Ancient Civilizations series, we explore primary sources to understand how Greeks ...

The late Rep. John Conyers, a Democrat from Michigan, had introduced H.R. 40 for years. It was named after the “40 acres and a mule’’ the federal government had promised freed slaves.

This plaster cast is as close as we can get to Powers' "original" Greek Slave. It was made in the artist's studio directly from Powers' clay model and records the date "March 12, 1843," when the ...

Greek Slave became the most famous sculpture of the nineteenth century and propelled the artist, Hiram Powers (1805-73), to international stardom. The work was so provocatively lifelike that certain ...

In 1824, the island of Psara faced a brutal invasion by Ottoman forces. The islanders, known as Psariots, mounted a fierce ...

The summer solstice occurs each year on June 21. It was celebrated by ancient cultures across the world, including the ...

Here, some 85 years before that fateful day in Texas, Massachusetts approved the state’s constitution, becoming the first state to effectively abolish slavery.

Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice plantations when she came across the story of a raid in Beaufort that freed more than 700 slaves from Lowcountry plantations. The Carnegie Mellon ...

The much-anticipated podcast The Greek Podyssey has officially launched, offering listeners a vibrant exploration of Greek culture, identity, and the Hellenic diaspora. Hosted by Christine ...

The Sons of Pericles Supreme Lodge hosted their annual Greeks in New York event last weekend. The weekend featured a basketball tournament with ten teams, a boat cruise hosted by AHEPA Delphi Chapter ...