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More than 1,100 artifacts from an ancient Athens neighborhood discovered during excavations in the area of its modern Acropolis museum are now showcased in...

We all know the ancient Greek city-state of Athens, the main urban center that flourished and became a true superpower during the 5th and...

Everyday life in Ancient Athens of the Hellenistic era was more intellectually stimulating, and exciting, than in most ancient cities

Just 50 kilometers south of Athens, between Thoricus and Cape Sounion, lies the mines of Laurion. Silver, copper, lead have been mined there.

Ancient Athens was invaded and sacked four times, starting with the Persian invasion in 480 BC and ending with the destruction by the Visigoths...

The possibility of imprisoning political rivals has entered the political discourse of a modern Western election. However, ostracism, the practice of the ancient Greek...

Cleisthenes was the statesman who laid the foundations of democracy in ancient Athens by dividing Attica into ten tribes, based on location, and putting...

The thirty tyrants of ancient Athens were only in power for eight months but still managed to kill five percent of the city's population...

The much-refined art of public speaking, or rhetoric, in ancient Greece grew as a necessary skill alongside the evolution of law and democracy in...

Athens and Sparta in ancient times were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for Greece and the World