The ancient Greeks we admire today regarded these seven men as the wisest of their time. They attributed to them not only the ...
For the Ancient Greeks, beards signaled age, status, and virtue, turning these into symbols of masculinity, honor, and social control.
A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...
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Visiting the Agora of Ancient Athens, Greece

This article follows our family as we visit the Ancient Agora of Athens. Plus, learn about the history of this iconic ...
Arms technology is one of the driving forces behind warfare. While there was a period where most of humanity was on an even playing field, the history of warfare is one defined by technological ...
The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the ...
If someone were to mention the date 480 BCE to you, you might not realize its significance. Not right off, anyway. But if someone were then to yell out, “This is SPARTA!” you’d probably – thanks to ...
Had it worked, the scheme might have been a public relations coup of sorts for the ruling Greek junta. Two months ago, acting on a Scandinavian complaint that the Athens regime had unjustly suspended ...
National Bank of Greece (Cyprus) has appointed Michalis Athanasiou as Chief Business Officer, in a move that strengthens its management team during a period of dynamic growth and strategic upgrading ...
Inti Creates has announced hybrid 2D action and strategy game Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC (Steam). It ...
Around 2112 B.C., the Sumerian king Ur-Namma (r. 2112–2095 B.C.) united the city-states of southern Mesopotamia into a short-lived kingdom known today as the Third Dynasty of Ur, or Ur III. More than ...
Throughout ancient Egyptian history, taxes were very much part of daily life. Most Egyptians were farmers who owed the state both a period of labor service and a portion of their annual harvest. The ...