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

Few figures in Ancient Greek literature have been as consequential, controversial, and enigmatic as Apollonius of Rhodes.

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 ...

The U.S. Forest Service on Thursday provided notice that it will publish a final environmental review and draft decision on a transfer of land that would clear the way for a massive copper mining ...

The greatest civilisations of humanity – today increasingly merged into the amorphous world of the globalised consumer ...

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

Founded during the Hellenistic period, it otherwise remains a mystery. “All the ancient sources are silent about Sia, as if it never existed,” Isin said. “Arrian and other historians talk ...

Find out what to see, when to go, and how to plan your visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art—featuring top exhibits, tips, ...