The vibrant period of Ancient Greek ... years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language.

Ancient Greeks developed sophisticated units of measurement ranging from measuring length, distance, volume, and weight of solids and liquids ...

One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos was said to have guarded the island of Crete, off the coast of Greece. He ...

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

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

When people think of the historical “Celts,” they are really thinking of the various peoples that lived across the European ...

It is no coincidence that the words city, citizen and civilisation are all cognates. It was only after the Neolithic Revolution, starting about 10,000 years ago, that humans developed agriculture and ...

Though mining in ancient Egypt dates back as far as 1500 BCE, the region’s Hellenistic period (332–30 BCE) under the rule of the Macedonian and Greek Ptolemaic ... for human use; when closed ...

One of the most recognized Greek mythology TV shows is “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.” Are the graphics of the 1995 show goofy and laughable by today’s standards? Sure, but it’s still a vital ...

Double Vision” is the first exhibition of Howard Rachofsky and Thomas Hartland-Mackie’s newly formed Warehouse Dallas Art ...

In Greek mythology, Daedalus was commissioned by King Minos to build the labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur, a terrible beast ...