In the wake of Alaric’s devastating invasion of Greece in 396 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire made a fateful decision: seal off the Peloponnese behind a massive stone barrier. The Hexamilion Wall ...

Long after the Western Empire collapsed, the Eastern Romans continued to defend their territories. One of their most ambitious projects was the Hexamilion Wall, built across the Isthmus of Corinth.

Discover Greece's Peloponnese Trails launching April 2026—a 1,060-mile network of mythic hikes through ancient ruins, olive groves, and UNESCO sites for sustainable adventure tourism.

People complain about construction delays, but even the most sluggish modern transit project has nothing on Greece’s Corinth Canal, which didn’t open until 2,500 years after it was announced. Four ...

Excerpt from Pope Leo’s Feb. 6 letter On the Value of Sport as the Olympic Games opened in Italy.

The ministry’s delegation examined the entire collection, which consists of 262 photographs taken in Greece during 1943–1944, ...

On January 31, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office responded to a welfare check on Stark Road in Corinth. Police say a person rang the doorbell to a residence and informed the homeowner they were ...

Five Albany residents have been arrested following a gun and drug investigation by the Albany County Sheriff’s Office. Trio charged in series of theft investigations Three people are charged in a ...

In what is being described as 'The Teddy Roosevelt effect,' a deadly fungus in the Pacific Northwest may have arrived from Brazil via the Panama Canal, according to a new study. Cryptococcus gattii -- ...

For the first time, the face of Sergeant Hermann Hoyer is revealed—the man who captured on film the heroes executed by the ...

On the narrow isthmus of Panama, scientists discovered adding nitrogen to the soil doubled tree growth, providing new insights into forest restoration. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...