Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece.

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated ...

Nafplion is a small city with thousands of years of eventful history and a unique character, full of style and beauty.

Is running a tale as old as time? Pretty much. Here's Olympian and running coach Steph Davis with a brief history of ...

BOSTON (AP) — A gold medal awarded to the winner of the 110-meter hurdles at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the first Games ...

The history of the marathon's distance is rooted in the very spirit for which the Olympics were created, and an event that ...

On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...

This marked the first Olympics where gold medals were introduced, with the U.S. dominating by winning 78 of 96 events.