Turkey plans to build an 8.5-kilometre (5.2-mile) wall on its western border where neighbors Greece and Bulgaria have already erected their own fences, a local governor said. The barrier is aimed ...

Image caption, Artwork of a bull on a wall in Knossos Palace, Greece. After the Minoans came the Mycenaean civilisation, from mainland Greece. They were fine builders and traders, but they were ...

Image caption, Artwork of a bull on a wall in Knossos Palace, Greece. After the Minoans came the Mycenaean civilisation. They were superb builders and traders, but they were also great soldiers.

For over two thousand years, successive societies forged the civilization of ancient Greece. From the early societies of the Bronze Age to its conquest by and cultural fusion with Rome ...