Ever stumbled across a sound that made you stop in your tracks? Maybe it was something ancient and unfamiliar, yet strangely captivating. While guitars and pianos dominate stages worldwide, there’s a ...

Songwriters living in ancient Egypt would never have expected the words and melodies they sang would feature on Australian music charts 1,800 years later. But one Australian academic's obsession with ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human activity. They are using technology such as laser scanning and magnetometry, ...

The ancient Greeks ate a plant based diet and Diane explores these roots and principles. This episode is inspired by Pythagoras, the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician. Diane, takes a deep ...

Old Dominion University’s latest show is mostly Greek to me but somehow still compelling, and mostly understandable. Consider this premise for a musical, with a book by Sarah Hammond and music and ...

An excavation within Laodicea uncovered a 2,100-year-old statue head of the goddess Hygieia. Revered as the goddess of health and cleanliness, statues of Hygieia were often located at key healing ...

Inside View: WSJ columnist Andy Kessler would rather be subjected to Jimmy Kimmel than protected from him by government. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images/Randy Holmes/AFP/Getty Images The essay on “The ...

Calvary Presbyterian Church is preparing to dust off its pipe organ for a rededication ceremony and recital during its Sunday service. Beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday at the church, 695 School St., ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Popular Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos, known for his allegorical and deeply poetic lyrics that commented on Greek politics, identity and society, has died. He was ...

For proof that the ney (also spelled nay) is one of the oldest musical instruments still in use, you need look no further than the great Sumerian city of Ur. Archeologists have found the delicate ...

SAN ANTONIO — After a decade-long hiatus, Greek FUNstival is back for a three-day celebration of food, music, dancing and culture. The event kicks off Friday from 6 to 11 p.m. at St. Sophia Greek ...

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