In 1908, an archaeologist in Crete discovered a small clay disk bearing unknown symbols. Now known as the Phaistos disk, it ...

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 article follows our family as we visit the Ancient Agora of Athens. Plus, learn about the history of this iconic ...

One of ancient Greece's most hallowed sites has been found thanks to a determined Swiss archaeologist, a chatty local, and a ...

Follow this map of Greek myths to see the real ... Standing at 10,000 feet, Olympus is the tallest mountain in Greece. Few, ...

The ancient city of Troy was located along the ... said to be the most beautiful woman in the world. When Paris departed Greece, he left with Helen by his side, enraging the Spartan leader.

Sumptuously illustrated in color and packed with information, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is now available for the first time in paperback. Offering fresh interpretations of ...

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 recent essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education raises a question that begs for further discussion: Why do contemporary analysts frequently view the present through the prism of ancient Greece and ...

Classics is the study of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, which laid the foundation of the western tradition in literature, philosophy, history, art, science and mathematics. Classics is thus not ...

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 ...

Constant expansion has introduced a sense of modernism to this ancient city ... For more details about security concerns in Greece, visit the U.S. State Department's website.