Because of the help Athens and other cities had given the Ionians, the revolt provided the Persians with a perfect pretext to invade Greece itself.

Iassos is an overlooked ancient Greek city in Turkey, settled since the Early Bronze ... was the Bronze Age period (1750 to 1050 BC) of Greece named after the important Bronze Age city of Mycenae.

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

Homer's Ancient Greek Poem Iliad has inspired a small village in Turkey to install busts of the Trojan war heroes on their ...

One major reason why ancient Greece was dominated by small city-states ... and numerous cities all along the western coast of modern-day Turkey. These colonies remained in contact with their ...

Parts of Europe are likely to bake at 31C sunshine as the latest weather maps have turned bright red for popular tourist destinations such as Italy, Greece, and Spain. Maps from WXCharts suggest ...

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world ... There were Greeks in Italy, Sicily, Turkey, North Africa, and as far west as France.

Derinkuyu, also known as Elengubu, is an ancient multi-level underground city in Turkey. The city extends ... off the island ...

The Oruc Reis is escorted by Turkish navy ships in a photo provided by the defence ministry Greece ... shelf". Turkey's vice-president said last month that Ankara was tearing up maps "drawn ...

READ MORE: Europe weather maps turn fiery red as Italy, Greece and Turkey get 31C blast Other regions like Crete will see temperatures of around 28-29C. Coastal cities like Rhodes, Aydin ...