Ancient Greece

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

A mountainous region in today's northwestern Greece, Epirus was inhabited by the Greek tribes of the Chaonians, Molossians, and Thesprotians. It was home to the sanctuary of Dodona, the oldest oracle in ancient Greece, and the second most prestigious...

Polycrates was the first ruler in ancient Greece to understand the importance of controlling the seas, and as such he commanded the most powerful fleet in the Greek world from his seat of power in Samos, earning him a...

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

Lady Hamilton, a woman who became famous in Europe for her astonishing beauty spread Ancient Greek-inspired fashion across the continent

Plato's account of Atlantis contains numerous fascinating features. Scholars acknowledge that many of these features may well have been inspired by real places and events. One particularly notable part of Plato's description is the fact that Atlantis supposedly had...

Standing on a bastion at the very entrance to the imposing Acropolis Hill of Athens stands a masterpiece of the Greek temples—that of Athena Nike. This temple is a small but particularly beautiful monument that was dedicated to the Greek...

Ancient Greek gold findings in Central Asia provide concrete evidence of the existence of Greek civilization in the region. This predates the conquests of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC. Archaeological treasure from excavations of the Tillya Tepe...

The alleged “Greekness” of the Terracotta Army went viral, but archaeologists in China were skeptical of the influence of Greek art.

Temples of differing size dedicated to respective Greek gods of the pantheon could be found in every corner of the ancient Greek world, but which among them was the largest? It is possible that for a long time the largest,...

Has the Atlantis mystery finally been solved? After years of extensive research, in conjunction with new archeological evidence, and with the aid of satellite technology, Christos A. Djonis credibly reveals that Plato based his story of Atlantis on a...

The ancient Greek gods remain a fascination around the world. As immortals with unusual powers, they appear in movies, books, video games.

The Trojans were the enemies of the Greeks in Homer's famous Iliad. However, what do we really know about them? Do we even know what language the Trojans spoke? Is there any conflict between what Homer suggests about this and...

The Samnites were Italic tribes that migrated from Central Europe to the mountainous area of south-central Italy in the 9th century BC. They later became an enemy of Rome. Even though these tribes shared language and cultural ties, each maintained...

This remarkable Corinthian-style helmet from the Battle of Marathon was reputedly found in 1834 with a human skull still inside. It now forms part of the Royal Ontario Museum’s collections, but originally it was discovered by George Nugent-Grenville, who was...