When was Ancient Greece? How did ancient Greece begin? The first Olympic games and new discoveries How was Greece ruled? Activities About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important ...

A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ancient Babylonian city in what is now Iraq When it was made: Approximately the sixth ...

One major reason why ancient Greece was dominated by small city-states and independent towns, rather than by one all-powerful king, is its geography. The country's mountainous terrain, many ...

Perfectly white statues isn’t the only thing people get wrong about Ancient Greece. In this episode of Misconceptions, host Justin Dodd breaks down some more myths you might be curious to know ...

This large island with two deep bays gave the map its name and propelled it to fame and notoriety. To the right of the island, a Latin label reads ... (experts in ancient writing), including ...

Greek authorities say two people have died overnight in a large wildfire burning through forestland above a seaside resort in ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women ...

Plato and Plutarch were not the only thinkers in ancient Greece who explored queer ways of living. Poets, historians, and playwrights often showed different manners of sexuality and identity in ...

A Canadian man researching an upcoming camping trip via Google Maps has uncovered what experts believe to be a gigantic crater — left by an ancient space rock. Joël Lapointe, of Quebec ...

the pebbled design is part of a 2,400-year-old floor Sonja Anderson Houses and businesses across the Greek capital incorporate—or obscure—structures spanning the city’s ancient, Byzantine ...