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Slavery in Ancient Greece was acceptable and common, as in most organized societies of the time, yet with differences between city states

Archytas of Tarentum, who was born around the year 435 BC in what is now Taranto, Apulia, Italy, was another in a long line...

The oldest song to have survived in its entirety is a first-century A.D. Greek tune known as the “Seikilos Epitaph.” The song, the melody of...

Even by modern standards, the ancient Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos, Greece is considered a marvel of engineering and craftsmanship. Built around 550 BC, it's...

An ancient monument dsicovered in Eastern France has caused curiosity with not just one but three connected ancient circular structures. The French National Institute for...

The ancient Greek sanctuary and theater of Dodona, home to the oldest oracle,  and located in Epirus, northwestern Greece, are part of a uniquely...

Four stunning ancient shipwrecks off central Greece can now be explored by amateur divers, the Ministry of Culture announced recently. The shipwrecks at the sites...

After eleven years, the ancient theater of Thassos, one of the oldest in Greece, reopens to the public in mid-May, following the completion of...

The hydraulic telegraph, invented by the ancient Greeks, had the capacity to send long-distance messages as early as the fourth century BC. The ingenious apparatus...

The ancient Greek sanctuary and theater of Dodona located in Epirus, northwestern Greece, are part of a uniquely historic site in the country, home to...