A newly discovered 2,800-year-old royal tomb in Turkey offers rare insights into the ancient Phrygian Kingdom and its ...

Archaeologists in Turkey uncover a 2,800-year-old royal tomb with a funeral feast, clues to Phrygian power, and links to King ...

Alcibiades was a gifted politician and general, but he is ultimately remembered as a traitor to Athens for defecting to ...

King Midas is one of Greek mythology’s most memorable figures—not because he was wise, strong, or heroic, but because his ...

The Battle of Ipsus reshaped the empire of Alexander the Great, as rival successors clashed in a fight that ended hopes of ...

A 2,700-year-old rock temple has been discovered in Turkey, revealing how the Phrygians worshipped a powerful mother goddess.

On November 11 the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agios Menas. The Holy Great Martyr Menas of Egypt, an Egyptian by birth, was a military officer and served in the Kotyaeion ...

When the first official Olympic mascot—a rainbow-hued dachshund named Waldi—debuted at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich, Germany, it became a popular symbol of both the international event and the ...

In the western-central arid heartland of ancient Anatolia, the river Sangarios snaked through the ancient Iron Age Kingdom of Phrygia, once a rival to Assyria in the south-east and Urartu in the north ...

In the west central part of ancient Phrygia in Anatolia, Turkey, the ruins of Laodicea crown the hill between the narrow valleys of the Asopus and Caprus rivers, converging into the Lycus river.

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