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Doing isotope analysis of ancient teeth, a team of researchers from the University of Georgia has uncovered some Greek military secrets that you won’t find in history books, including the fact ...
Greek historians like Herodotus are famous for writing down some of the first-ever Western historical records and waxing poetic about the skirmishes and wars waged throughout Ancient Greece. But ...
Warfare was one of the defining factors of the ancient Greek world. Isolated cities clashed over differing ideologies and the desire to gain additional wealth and resources.
The Antonine Plague, which struck the Roman Empire in the second century AD, was an invisible killer that brought the entire ...
Take Greek mythology, for example: those stories are timeless because we constantly refer to myths and stories of Ancient Greece to make sense of contemporary events.
Archaeologists have unearthed a "spectacular" ancient temple housing hundreds of statues dedicated to the Greek God Apollo. The site, known as the Sanctuary of Apollo, is located in a remote ...
So now: be prepared for a shock: Here's what Greek and Roman statues really looked like – their true colors, or as close as anyone's gotten until now, using all the science and technology out there.
The ancient Olympics were held in honor of Zeus, king of the Greek gods. By the mid-second century B.C.E., the Roman Empire had taken control of Greece, including Olympia.
Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.