The ancient Greek polis, or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on the principles of ...

The principles of the Athenian democracy, including citizen participation, equality and free speech, are still what we need ...

From the heart of Mesopotamia to the heights of the Roman Empire, ancient civilizations have left an indelible mark on the ...

The Gandhara art persisted until the 7th century and had some influence on the Buddhist sculptures seen in China and other East Asian countries.

By Alison Habens In the beginning, there was just one, unnamed, muse. The blind bard Homer (a poet born around 850BC) invoked ...

The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides is an awesome story about the ancient Greeks. But the story is more than a war report. It ...

A DISEASE first reported in Ancient Greek and Egyptian times is making a comeback, doctors have warned. The cost of living ...

[Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] The varied versions of aesthetics that defined the material and spiritual lives of ancient Greek people from the Neolithic age to the end of Antiquity will be ...

A “ROYAL tunic” found in an ancient tomb after 2,300 years is thought to be Alexander the Great’s lost sacred robe. The tomb ...

A recent exhibition in Athens highlighting Moore’s concern with light and the history of sculpture is part of a broader mission to shed new light, gradually, on his life and work ...

Greek Placenta cake, also known as "plakous" in Greek, has a history dating back to ancient Greece and Rome. It ...