It was purportedly grown in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon where it was used for medicinal purposes in ancient Greece. It has been cultivated since at least the 16th century in England. Although it is ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into ...

With the historic, mythological backdrop of Ancient Greece, Athens would provide a ... The Four Seasons Hotel in Istanbul at the Bosphorus sits on the Bosphorus Strait. Guests at “The White ...

Yet, through the many sources alive today, we can still venture through the mystical world of perfumes in ancient Greece, a world filled with fragrant aromas, divinity, and mastery. In another myth, ...

Greece has a "high season" (from April to October) tourist tax which comes to 8 euros per room daily. For those planning a seven-day stay, this means you'll need to spend an extra 56 euros per room.

Mott admitted to a check-kiting scheme of nearly $20 million. The long-shuttered Crescent Beach Restaurant in Greece, now part of a forfeiture process in a criminal case, may have a buyer.

Eratosthenes became the first person to calculate the Earth’s circumference with remarkable accuracy, a feat that stands as a testament to the ingenuity of ancient science. Using the differences in ...

A digital map of ancient Greece and the known ancient world as traveled by ancient geographers has been created by researchers at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The map lets users ...

Meteora is a region of spectacular rock formations, and one of the most breathtaking places in in northwestern Greece. It's known as an incredibly holy place, where ancient Byzantine monasteries ...

Through marriage, a woman became a man's property. In the betrothal ceremony of ancient Greece, a father would hand over his daughter with these words: "I pledge my daughter for the purpose of ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...