To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various sources.

Ten years ago today, the people of Greece voted decisively in a referendum to reject the austerity program that the European ...

The Marine Corps has opened a new art exhibit at its national museum documenting the service’s 250th anniversary. It’s called “250 Years of Dedication, Determination and Courage,” and it celebrates ...

Did the Greeks really use chariots how Homer describes in his account of the Trojan War, or did Homer just misrepresent ...

Step into Southern history with stunning antebellum homes, showcasing grand architecture, elegant details, and timeless ...

Obata, detained in a World War II internment camp for people of Japanese descent, urged turning to "Great Nature" to ...

Tom Vasilow and his brother Chris churned out oceans of ice cream and rivers of chocolate at the Eagle Confectionery at 106 ...

Revenge attacks against deposed president Assad’s heterodox Alawite sect led local evangelicals to model reconciliation ...

“ Our voice becomes a cry ” was a powerful slogan that rang out in Athens on Wednesday 18 June when an anti-war concert held at the Technopolis cultural centre and the surrounding streets in support ...

At Art Basel, dealers reap rewards by sidestepping politics and war Expensive or cheap, new or historical, it didn’t matter: Nearly every artwork on offer at the fair was lovely and apolitical.

“We have a motto, ‘Go to war, do your art.’ It's simplistic, but it's the way it is,” Battles said. “Several artists with different styles go and soak it in.

ABOUT halfway through the opening day of Art Basel’s fair in Switzerland, the dealer Larry Gagosian was sitting on a bench near his booth. Crowds—incredibly thick when the art fair opened to VIPs at ...