A tough military society, Sparta had its own secret service, the Crypteia, specially trained young men for covert operations ...

Sparta was unique among the Greek city-states because of the rigid program of military indoctrination it instilled in its citizens. Legend dates the founding of the city to Mycenean times, when the ...

In his Essays, the great observer of human nature Michel de Montaigne described how Lycurgus, the lawgiver of ancient Sparta, decreed that married couples should engage in sexual pleasure only by ...

In the second episode of the current season of the TV show Lego Masters, contestants were asked to build a castle — then watch it be destroyed by a bowling ball. In the lucky dip that followed, ...

Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis have welcomed four children together, shocking the internet that they welcomed their fourth child within the past year. Amid this news, many eagle-eyed internet sleuths ...