To the ancient Greeks, southern Italy was part of their territory. It was called Magna Graecia, meaning "Great Greece".

Find out what events were at the ancient Olympics. What was it like to live in an ancient Greek family? What was everyday life like in ancient Greece? Find out about family life, entertainment ...

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The Babylonian Map of the World, originating from ancient Iraq around the sixth century B.C., is the oldest known map. Depicting a circular world with Babylon at its center and surrounded by water ...

Sail along the magnificent isles and rocky coastlines of Greece and Turkey on this voyage ... coastlines poised at the crossroads of the world. On board the ship, join an expert for nightly ...

This focus on human suffering epitomises the intense humanism of Greek art. The sculpture also represents Greece's struggle to resist being absorbed into the Persian Empire. The Greeks had a ...

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

The Acropolis of Athens is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. One of the world’s most renowned ancient ruins. Located on a holy ...

However, both Darius and his son Xerxes came unstuck in their efforts to defeat independent Greece and thereafter ... During the 5th and 6th centuries BC, the ancient Olmec civilization was ...

Known as the first mechanical computer in the world, the Antikythera Mechanism was found in a shipwreck off the island of Antikythera in Greece. The Antikythera Mechanism ... Written on the skin of a ...

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

and scope of the ancient Greek city-state Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History Peter Brown A beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world’s most ...