While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

A digital map of ancient Greece and the known ancient world as traveled by ancient geographers has been created by ...

Archaeologists have discovered the "oldest" auditorium from the ancient Greek world in Sicily. The international team, led by ...

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

Archaeologists in Agrigento, Sicily just unearthed an ancient classroom where students listened to lectures more than 2,000 ...

However, the discovery is soon embroiled in controversy, and Makis embarks on his own odyssey to convince the world he is right. Rick Steves' Europe: Art of Ancient Greece Ancient Greece laid the ...

The Seven Wonders of the World are often seen as the pinnacle of human architecture and the perfect form of engineering, that ...

Jo Marchant, Nature In 1900, Greek divers rifling through an ancient shipwreck recovered dozens of bronze fragments that turned out to be parts of a 2,000-year-old mechanical calendar. Now ...

The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at ...

The ancient school complex had a gymnasium with a large swimming pool and 650-foot tracks, archaeologists said.

The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced that archaeologists have fully uncovered the ancient Greek theater of Lefkada, the first such monument ever discovered in Greece’s Ionian islands.