Beginning in the 14th century, when Greece was wracked by political and social struggles, monks began building a series of ...

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 ...

Archaeologists discovered a basalt tablet about the size of a piece of paper bearing 60 unknown script characters expertly ...

The Spartans come to Iowa City, looking for their 1st B1G win of the year, and their first win in Kinnick since 2013.

The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.

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

Archaeologists researching a battlefield in Switzerland discovered a Roman military camp 7,000 feet above sea level. The camp is roughly 2,000 years old and ties to the Roman battlefield in the Colm ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 3,500-year-old military fortress with a zigzag-style wall in the north Sinai Desert of Egypt, not far from the Mediterranean coast. The fort is remarkably well ...

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, ...

Mythologically descended from the hero Herakles, the Agiad dynasty of ancient Sparta reigned alongside the Eurypontids almost since the beginning of the city-state. When war was on the borders of ...

Despite being rivals, many Athenians admired the government, clothing, and austerity of the Spartans. Falling prey to “Laconophilia,” some began to adopt the mannerisms and even dress like their ...