Long ago, a substantial ancient Greek population from the island of Crete lived in the ancient city of Daedala, located in ...
Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for ...
The Balkans have always been a treasure chest of ancient civilizations-Greek, Roman, Thracian, and countless local cultures that left behind millennia of heritage buried under fields, hillsides, and ...
The Spartans come to Iowa City, looking for their 1st B1G win of the year, and their first win in Kinnick since 2013.
The Greek Sacred Band was steeped in the epic military history of the ancient hoplite warriors. Established in 1942, the unit ...
In a study published in October in PLOS One, researchers connected the corpses to the Battle of Mursa in 260 AD. The conflict ...
Human remains excavated in an ancient well in Croatia were likely those of ancient Roman soldiers, a new study suggests. © 2025 Novak et al. CC BY 4.0 In 2011 ...
During excavations at the Tell El-Kharouba archaeological site in Egypt’s Sinai Desert, archaeologists found a network of stone walls and other artifacts that they say were once part of a fortress — ...
Hoplite comes from the Greek word “ta hopla,” which means “tool” or “equipment,” and was the name given to legions of citizen soldiers who were tasked with protecting their territories from outside ...
Ancient Egyptians are renowned for their sense of cleanliness and hygiene, and bathhouses for therapeutic purposes have been found dating as far back as 2000 BC. In a brand-new discovery, ...