The Etruscans are one of the first peoples to inhabit central Italy beginning approximately in the 8th century B.C. They have puzzled historians and linguists alike, who have always seen them as a peculiar and mysterious people.
The first witness...
Among the astonishing finds from Ai-Khanoum, the site of a Hellenistic city, is evidence of Greek philosophical knowledge. What do these findings tell us about the city and its people? Could Greek philosophy have interacted with its surrounding milieux?...
Despite living centuries later, Pythagoras, the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician famously known for the Pythagorean theorem, is said, according to numerous ancient sources, to have fought in the Trojan War. These accounts claim that he was the reincarnation...
The Greek concept of philanthropy, meaning “love of humanity,” first emerged in the works of Ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus and represented far more than charitable giving as it is understood today.
The word itself reflects this deeper meaning: philanthrōpia (φιλανθρωπία)...
Greek philosopher Plato is widely known for his philosophical ideas, but he is less well known for his vision of a "healthy city," reflecting his broader concept of civic planning and engineering in Ancient Greece.
To be precise, he describes...
A recent study reveals that nomads thrived in ancient Greece and the region of Lake Volvi for centuries after the chaos of the Roman Empire's collapse.
Lake Volvi is located at the root of the Chalkidiki peninsula in the Thessaloniki...
Academic Julian Jaynes postulated that before modern consciousness occurred, the voices ancient Greeks heard in their heads were those of gods.
By Patrick Garner
In 1976 an obscure psychologist from Princeton University in New Jersey published a book titled, The Origin...
Linear B, the enigmatic script of ancient Greece used by the Mycenaean civilization, has long captivated the minds of experts and enthusiasts alike.
For decades, historians, linguists, and archaeologists have been debating over this fascinating writing system that dominated the...
Millions are heading to theaters this summer for Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey," the mythic action epic starring Matt Damon as the wandering king and Anne Hathaway as his wife Penelope. Long before Damon stepped onto a boat, Homer's original...
To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various literary and pictorial sources.
Greek poets and philosophers frequently attributed board games and children's activities to divine creations, symbolizing essential...
One of the most famous groups of monsters in Homer's Odyssey is the Cyclopes. While often dismissed as purely mythological creations, some evidence suggests the Cyclopes may have been exaggerated representations of a real people—the Minoans.
Where did the Cyclopes...
Homer's Iliad is one of the most famous literary works in the world, and it was arguably even more renowned in antiquity. But how did a poem by a single poet achieve such widespread fame across the ancient Greek world,...
A 6,200-year-old settlement discovered in Greece was surrounded by a double ring of protective ditches, revealing how early farming communities planned for security and environmental threats. New research shows that Paradimi, a prehistoric settlement in Greek Thrace, was also...
There is something very intriguing in the fact that Sparta's most consequential king has largely been forgotten. While Leonidas and his three hundred men have been immortalized by Hollywood and popular imagination, Cleomenes I, the man who arguably did...
For centuries, scholars and enthusiasts have debated where Odysseus truly traveled during his legendary journey back to Ithaca. Among the most intriguing theories is the notion that the hero ventured beyond the Mediterranean, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and reached...
