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Ancient tooth debunks a 2,500-year-old claim about Greek soldiers — A team of anthropologists analyzed the remains of Greek soldiers and discovered that history books may have fibbed about who ...
A new study has found that the ancient Scythians, nomadic warriors who were known for their bloodthirsty and violent ways, ...
Ancient Greek temples positioned around the Agora were dedicated to patron gods like Athena for Athens and Zeus for Olympia.
Nietzsche greatly admired Greek philosophy, which significantly influenced his ideas about life and human nature.
By Professor Cheng SongliuIn his bookThe Origin and Goal of History, German philosopher Karl Jaspers introduced the concept of the “Axial Age”, which has gained widespread recognition in global ...
Amazons in ancient times – Myth or fact? Our old friend, the Greek historian Herodotus wrote about the women warriors, calling them Androktones (“killers of men”). He also said that in the ...
An architectural dig on an ancient Greek battlefield, returned to in 1880, unearthed a surprising find: a mass grave of Theban soldiers carefully and deliberately buried in pairs. Make that couples.
The Amazons, a mythical race of female warriors that inspired fictional heroes such as Wonder Woman and Xena the Warrior Princess, may have been more than ancient Greek lore. The Institute of ...
The Art Spirit Gallery is inviting the community to attend a captivating artist talk by Mary Francis Dondelinger from 11 a.m.
Recent archeological finds reveal that the Greek mythological Amazons, ferocious woman warriors, may have been real. Legends have described the Amazons as horseback-riding, bow-wielding nomads ...
Romm chronicles the final decades of the Greek struggle for freedom, from 379 B.C. to the 332 B.C. rout of the city-state of Thebes by Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, the latter the ...