Sparta was one of the most powerful city-states in antiquity. The ancient capital of the Laconia district of the southeastern ...

What was the geography of ancient Greece? According to current knowledge ... For example, the city of Sparta suffered near destruction after an earthquake in 464 BCE. Up to 20,000 people were killed, ...

Women from the city state of Sparta had more freedoms than Athenian women ... One of the most famous stories of women in ancient Greece was a society of warrior women known as the Amazons.

Cimon was a statesman and general who died conquering the Persians in Cyprus, but his men abandoned the siege to give him a ...

This is the third installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here and ...

The Greek island of Kimolos in the Aegean has been proclaimed to have the clearest waters in the entire world.

Some modern scholars believe these to be forgeries written later in antiquity, designed to give the otherwise shadowy figure ...

BC, dawned heavy with the anticipation of battle. On the plains of Mantinea, the fate of the Greek world hung in the balance.

Amazons fight Greeks on a terra-cotta lekythos (oil flask) from the fifth century B.C. Amazon battle scenes, known as Amazonomachy, were popular in ancient Greek art. Metropolitan Museum, New York ...

May 29, 2025 — The fossils of ancient salamander-like creatures in Scotland are among the most well-preserved examples of early stem tetrapods -- some of the first animals to make the transition ...