The Parthenon was built decades after the Persian destruction of Athens and the Acropolis. Credit: Gary Bembridge/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-2.0 In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down ...

As soon as one does that, it becomes all too easy for the ancient world to fall out of focus. Take, for example, the moment in 416 BC when Athens sent ambassadors to the small island of Melos, ...

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners ... built throughout the 5th century BC , including the Parthenon, the ...

Young kids climb on a tank holding Greek flags just before the military parade in Athens. Credit: AMNA/Orestis Panagiotou The heart of the Greek capital was awash in national pride as thousands ...

Thieves have stolen copper wire from B.C. Hydro utility holes in Colwood and other parts of the capital region in five “significant” incidents since last September, Greater Victoria Crime ...

ATHENS - Four entered. Two won. In a matchup for four seats on the Athens Board of Trustees Tuesday night, Diane Eastwick and Trustee Alison Phoenix were the highest vote-getters.

The inaugural season of Unrivaled came down to one final matchup: Vinyl BC vs Rose BC. On Monday, the fourth seed and the second seed battled it out to determine the first-ever Unrivaled Champion.

Rose BC have taken their rightful place on the throne after defeating Vinyl 62–54 in Monday night's championship bout, sealing the victory on a game-winning free throw from Brittney Sykes.

Edmund King, president of motoring group the AA, said a “dismal two steps forward, three steps back” approach is being taken to tackling the “pothole-plague”. He went on: “The UK is ...

ATHENS — It was a growing pains kind of year for the Wildcats in 2024. After the Athens baseball program dominated its way to a 2023 NTL Large School title with an 18-2 overall record and 15-1 tally ...

Residents in an East Suffolk village say a massive warehouse built at the bottom of their gardens has become a “plague” on their lives after the industrial development destroyed their semi ...

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said Long Island couldn’t have taken on MS-13 without a little help from the feds — as he revealed the migrant gang’s three twisted rules that ...