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Ancient Greece witnessed numerous significant battles that played pivotal roles in shaping its history and Western civilization. These battles ranged from repelling foreign invasions and...

The "miracle" plant Silphium consumed by Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, which was thought to have become extinct two thousand years ago, has recently...

The philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras of ancient Greece avoided consumption of meat. He adhered to what became known as the Pythagorean diet. Pythagoras was,...

There weren't prisons in ancient Greece as we know them today, only temporary detention centers as criminals were either fined, exiled, or executed. The concept...

Over the last several years, video game companies have been using Ancient Greece as a backdrop at a spectacularly fast pace.

Polycrates was the first ruler in ancient Greece to understand the importance of controlling the seas, and as such he commanded the most powerful...

Kerameikos is the name of an Athenian demo formerly known as the potters' quarter, today the largest necropolis in Greece.

A gold heist in ancient Greece on the prosperous island of Sifnos is among the biggest in recorded history. The Sifnos island raid in 524...

The Milesian School was a branch of pre-Socratic philosophy founded in the sixth century BC in the Asia Minor town of Miletus. It produced...

Although Ancient Greece and Buddhism seem to be completely unrelated, Ancient Greek thought and aesthetics actually had a major influence on the Eastern religion...