During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great powers of Classical Greece. When in 431 bc the Peloponnesian War broke out, ...

Ancient Greece is a period in Greek history that lasted for around nine hundred years. It is generally considered to be the ...

If you hope to drop a few pounds or build that summer six-pack, ancient Greek athletes can give helpful pointers about ...

AN INCREDIBLE simulation of ancient Athens shows the bustling Greek capital as it looked 3,000 years ago. Created by a 3D artist, the video gives a glimpse of the magnificent city at the height of its ...

Archaeologists have discovered extensive remains of what is believed to be an ancient marketplace with shops and a religious center at the southern edge of Athens, the Culture Ministry said Friday.

THE Athens of the fourth and fifth centuries before Christ, which may properly enough be called the Periclean Athens, has been an extinct community for more than two thousand years, and yet it is more ...

The Ancient Greeks supposedly partied hard thousands of years ago - but what were these get-togethers really like?

Seeing a city on foot changes the way it reveals itself. Streets become stories, distances feel intentional, and small ...

Nathan Arrington, an assistant professor of art and archaeology at Princeton University, sometimes visits the cemetery near campus to think. He is an expert on another burial ground, thousands of ...

Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

People also invested and traded in precious goods, like artworks. When the Romans sacked the city of Corinth in 146 BC, they stole the city’s collection of famous artwork, and later sold the ...