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

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

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

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

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.

The experiences of women differed in ancient Athens and Sparta. Largely portrayed as "invisible," evidence reveals a striking ...

The Ancient Greeks may have had it better than we do in 2025. Imagine a world where leaders sought answers from a priestess instead of “experts.” From the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE, the ...

I started reading it after the first movie because I loved the movie so much and didn't want to wait a year to find out what ...

Work and wages varied immensely in ancient Greece. Agriculture was the backbone of the economy but work was available in ...

Where to find your perfect Greece holiday destination – for every type of traveller - There are hundreds of beach-strewn islands to explore and ancient history at almost every turn ...

The fact that Israel has now launched successive rounds of air assaults on Iran and in turn incurred losses of its own – as of June 17, at least 24 Israels have been killed in I ...