All are thought to date from various periods of ancient Greek history and will be assessed by a state archaeological service. Police also confiscated metal detectors and scanning equipment ...

An entire ancient Egyptian settlement from the New Kingdom, also known as the Golden Age of Egypt, surfaced from beneath Greek ruins at the site of Kom el-Nugus near Alexandria Among the artifacts ...

Thucydides fought in the Peloponnesian War on the Athenian side. His world was steeped in the sensibilities of Greek tragedy, and his historical narrative carries that imprint throughout.

The gymnasium was a site in ancient Greek cities where young men would receive physical and scholarly instruction that would prepare them for their future duties as citizens—a sort of a cross ...

Apollo in the temple of Zeus. Credit: wikimedia commons / Egisto Sani cc by 2.0 One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? What ...

Socrates, one of the ancient Greek great minds, was sentenced to death, accused of impiety and corruption of young people. Painting entitled Socrates’ Address by Louis Joseph Lebrun, 1867. Credit: ...

[Remains of the 4th century BC Kyrenia ship](Image: CC/Mgiganteus1) Caption: The remarkably preserved Kyrenia ship offers a glimpse into ancient trade. Unlike tales of sunken treasure laden with gold ...

In the book, which comes out later this year, Hauser tells the often-overlooked stories of women in ancient Greece—including the mysterious royal woman. “Too many of the faces we see peering ...

In ancient Greece, education wasn’t limited to the mind — it included the body as well. Physical fitness and scholarly pursuits went hand-in-hand, a principle reflected in the number of gymnasiums ...

In the orchestra of the auditorium, the central space where teachers and students presented their exercises before an audience, the archaeological team found two blocks of white limestone carefully ...

The colour pallette is inspired by materials of an ancient Greek ruin. Livissianis was also wary of controlling the flow of the space. “[There] were probably multiple ways that you could enter ...

After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient Lefkada’s theatre was first discovered in 1901, but it took until now ...