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Incheon exhibition traces 6,000 years of Greek history built on maritime power

In a city built on container terminals and modern shipping lanes, 348 treasures from 15 Greek museums have arrived to tell a story thousands of years in the making. The exhibition,...

Ancient Greece still rocks in the health and wellness world

No matter where you go or what you do in Greece, within the first five minutes of your arrival someone is wishing you good health.

5 of the Most Common Jobs in Ancient Greece

The average person in ancient Greece wasn't fighting monsters—they might have been a farmer, a physician, or a practitioner of mousikē.

Fascinating Facts about Ancient Greece for Print & Play

Does your kiddo love ancient history? Well, these fun facts about ancient Greece are perfect for them! Did you know… The post Fascinating Facts about Ancient Greece for Print &...

LIVE LIKE AN ANCIENT GREEK

Saunders acknowledges that Athens was part of a larger world but largely confines herself to the city in surveying “Greek” art and thought, political institutions, home life, and s...

Athena on Ancient Coins: From Athens to the Edge of the Greek World

 From Athens to Parthia: How Athena Conquered the Ancient Coinage World Athena ranked among the 12 Olympian gods and became one of the most important deities of the ancient Greek w...

Ancient Greece Had a Giant Bronze Robot—And His Story Sounds Like Science Fiction

Thousands of years before robots became reality, Greek mythology introduced Talos, a bronze giant whose story explored artificial life and humanity.

Unlock Ancient Wonders: Exploring Greece’s Rich History

Greece is a country where myth and history are woven right into the landscape. Stepping onto its sun-drenched soil feels like walking through the pages of a history book, with […]...

Explore Ancient Greece before the beach: 7 easy sites to visit

Who says exploring ancient Greece has to be an all-day adventure? These seven archaeological sites are perfect for combining culture with a swim.

Ancient Greeks built special arenas for flinging wine dregs at targets

At Greek drinking parties in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, guests reclined on couches and competed at kottabos — flicking the sediment from the bottom of their wine cups at a bronz...

4 Ways Ancient Greece Is Misrepresented in Movies

Most of our ideas of what ancient Greece was like come from Hollywood's misrepresentations.

Antiquity is new again. To these enthusiasts, ancient Greek is a living language.

Students of ancient Greek are diving deeply into everything from "The Iliad" to the Bible. 

This 2,300-year-old Greek theatre still echoes with live performances

Archaeological discoveries in Libya reshape understanding of the Mediterranean: Ancient theatre and a unique Greek hippo...

The director of the French Archaeological Mission in Libya said that the Greek hippodrome is unique, with no known equivalent elsewhere in Cyrenaica or across the wider Mediterrane...

The Ancient Greek Water Clock That Kept the Most Accurate Time for 1,800 Years

Today, we’re surrounded by technologies we could justifiably describe as time thieves. In ancient Greece, those who wanted to know where their time was going consulted a device the...

Ancient Greek Elites May Have Forged Their Jewelry From Space Rocks

Prominent individuals likely wore rings made from meteorites as a power symbol.

Acropolis of Lindos, Greece (photographer unknown)

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8 Travel Destinations Ancient Romans Had on Their Bucket Lists

The ancient Romans valued travel, and visited Greek islands, the Pyramids of Giza, the Olympic Games, and various bathhouses, among other destinations.

How Ancient Greek Warships Worked: The Engineering of the Trireme Explained in 3D Animation

Recall, if you will, the first time you read Book 2 of Homer’s Iliad. The section likely to have given you the most trouble — unless, of course, you’re blessed with an obsessive in...

Mount Olympus, home of the ancient Greek gods, is a candidate for the UNESCO World Heritage List

Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, may soon join UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

Historic edifice abandoned after library moves out

Hanna and Mate made the journey from Budapest to Athens by car because they wanted to explore the birthplace of Western civilization.

Nearly 80 men found shackled in an ancient Athens mass grave were locals

A book on Greek antiquities found bricked in a fireplace is returned to an Australian library, 150 years overdue

A book on Greek antiquities has been returned to an Australian public library about 150 years late, with water damage from years bricked into a fireplace.

„Academia” de la Pietroșița, ca în Grecia Antică

În Grecia Antică s-au pus bazele acelei forme de învățământ organizat care a funcționat cu numele de „Academie” - „akademos” -, în secolul al IV-lea î.Hr., iar ce...