A large cemetery stands in a thickly-wooded area in East Athens, almost invisible to those driving by on Fourth Street.

In Athens, the fifth century BC served as a period in which art and thought flourished, and it defines our image of Ancient ...

Greek philosopher Epicurus is famous for teaching: "Pleasure is the principle and end to a happy life" and for his Epicurean ...

Athens native Michael Thurmond shares the anti-slavery feelings of Georgia's founder, General James Oglethorpe.

The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...

Feb. 7 at 7 p.m., the Athens Film Festival and Athens Historical Society came together at Morton Theatre to present a ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro calls Trump a “white slave lord” after humiliating deportations, while threats from tariffs shake bilateral relations Trump threatened trade war with Colombia ...

Mario Tama / Getty Images Slavery reparations are restitution payments for slavery remitted to the descendants of enslaved people. In theory, American slavery reparations would be paid by entities ...

But how did the slave trade shape the art market in the Netherlands? And how is it reflected in the paintings of the time? This is the subject of a new book called Slavery and the Invention of ...

They then conducted up to 200 interviews with workers and farm owners. The results go beyond the horrific: almost half of the farms are exploited with forced labor (i.e. slaves), and many of them are ...

Harvard University on Thursday laid off the staff of its Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program and outsourced the project, which is part of a $100 million initiative to identify the direct ...

The opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games Credit: Ian Waldie But the legacy of these achievements undid much of the kudos gained from them, and presented the European Union with its ...