The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

The lecture hall was discovered during excavations at Agrigento, the site of the largest ancient Greek settlement in Sicily. Photo by Thomas Lappi and Monika Trümper, FU Berlin, Institute of ...

In ancient Greece, education wasn’t limited to the mind — it included the body as well. Physical fitness and scholarly pursuits went hand-in-hand, a principle reflected in the number of gymnasiums ...

A $39,000 diamond ring, a full suit of armor, and a bag packed with rocks. Those are just a few of the surprises discovered inside lost luggage in the US in 2024. Unclaimed Baggage released its 2025 ...

At war, slaves were servants to the warriors—cleaning their armor and cooking—even ... Girls, however, who were born from a Spartan and helot would simply be discarded. Slave revolts were uncommon in ...

After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient Lefkada’s theatre was first discovered in 1901, but it took until now ...

Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been ... began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity.

Large Krater, Men in Armor, Mycenaean Pictorial style ... and the Peloponnesian League was founded and made Sparta a dominant power in ancient Greece. Perhaps the most significant political ...

A new full-body reconstruction depicts a warrior wearing armor and holding weapons, all of which were found in a 4,000-year-old burial in Siberia. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman ...