Historically, Greece wasn't precisely the antagonist during the Maccabean era; instead, it was the Assyrian Greeks, a faction of the Greek Empire based in Syria.

The Social Issues, Mass Media and Education Laboratory of the Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education ...

The Lubavitcher Rebbe points out that in Hebrew, the name for ancient Greece, Yavan, has another meaning: quicksand – Water mixes with sand, dirt and clay. You step in it and you can't get out. The ...

New York isn’t just a haven for Christians from around the world; it’s also a sanctuary for their rare and dying dialects.

The American Historical Association, the largest association of professional historians in the U.S., passed a resolution this ...

White olives known as leucocarpa, or leucolea, is a rare variety of olive tree, mainly found in the south of Italy, or "Magna Graecia." ...

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The world as we know it today has been shaped by battles that altered the course of history and defined global power dynamics for centuries ...

For thousands of years, humanity has been trying to understand the universe and its place in it; the mystery had been tackled ...

Apocalypto* star Rudy Youngblood has been released from a Greek jail following a week-long detainment after an alleged confrontation with police in Athens. Youngblood claims a language barrier and ...

After Donald Trump suggested he might take over Greenland by force, the consensus among the island’s population appears to be bewilderment and anxiety. By Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli ...

The news wire, called the Global Arabic News Service, will provide more than 200 Arabic language news stories from AP and dpa each day, from the Middle East, Europe, the U.S. […] From news and media ...