An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...

Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...

The Phoenicians developed their ancient civilization with profits from the lucrative maritime trade of the Mediterranean.

The Trojan War was the famous conflict between the Trojans and the Greeks. But surprisingly, the city of Troy itself was ...

According to ancient Greek mythology, there are five ages known as The Ages of Man, during which time humanity reaches its ...

No other ancient historian has written a book so insightful on the mechanisms of war as Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War.

The Odyssey, the ancient Greek epic poem ascribed to the poet Homer, charts the return home of its eponymous hero, Odysseus.

The words of the ancient Greek author Homer have echoed across the centuries. His magnum opus, the Iliad, which recounts the ...

The majority of these Byzantine Greek scholars arrived in Italy, where they would make important contributions during the Renaissance period. The influence of these scholars was diverse and wide ...