Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for ...

Long ago, a substantial ancient Greek population from the island of Crete lived in the ancient city of Daedala, located in ...

Greece isn’t just a place, it’s a feeling. It’s where myths breathe through pine-covered hills, marble ruins glow under honey ...

The Greek Sacred Band was steeped in the epic military history of the ancient hoplite warriors. Established in 1942, the unit ...

You probably think of energy bars as a modern invention, but this yummy Greek snack has been around for thousands of years, ...

The Ancient Greeks and Romans used opium, marijuana, and other narcotics to relieve pain and induce sleep. They may have also ...

Whether laced with viper venom, poison gas, or deadly pathogens—these weapons of war relied on nature's armory to slay the enemy. Poison in the woundThe Greek warrior Achilles treats Telephus’s ...

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and a new digital atlas shows that those roads stretched 50% longer than ...

Several lines of evidence, including historical records and artistic depictions, suggest that female gladiators did exist in ...

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome—and those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new ...