ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Archaeologists excavating a hilltop sanctuary on the Aegean Sea island of Kythnos have discovered "countless" pottery offerings left by ancient worshippers over the centuries, ...

Blame Persephone for less than year-round crop-growing conditions. The Greek goddess’s downfall was eating six seeds of the pomegranate. And anyone who’s ever eaten the tart-sweet flesh of a ...

An ancient Greek myth tells the story of Persephone, daughter of Demeter and Zeus. Wherever Persephone and her mother walk, flowers bloom. During one of their walks in the countryside, they stop to ...

KARABÜK PROVINCE, TURKEY—Hurriyet Daily News reports that a slab of limestone thought to have been engraved some 1,800 years ago has been unearthed at the site of Hadrianopolis in northern Turkey.