Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The ...
A new study study has revealed that the DNA of the inhabitants of Mesa Mani (Inner Mani) constitutes a unique "genetic island ...
Nearly two thousand years after it was carved, a Roman-era stele came to light not through a formal excavation but during ...
Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...
If the rules of ancient Greece were observed today, drone and missile fire over Ukraine would stop on Friday as guns fall ...
The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin in one week, and the United Nations and organizers are calling for a 7-week pause of all wars worldwide — as they do every time the Olympics take place.
Kirsty Coventry, the multi-Olympic swimming champion who last year became the first woman to lead the International Olympic ...
The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin in one week, and the United Nations and organizers are calling for a 7-week pause of ...
Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430,000 years. One is a spindly stick about ...
Archaeologists have revealed that a Roman-era mosaic discovered in Britain in 2020 has long been misinterpreted, depicting a lost version of the Trojan War rather than the Iliad, as initially believed ...
The Ancients host Tristan Hughes and historian Roel Konijnendijk debate some wild theories about Ancient Greece, and Ancient Greek Warfare. In this episode of Agree to Disagree, the two historians ...