A fresco from the 15th century BC showing the gymnastic feat of leaping over a bull. Heraklion, Crete. The scene is almost replicated today, showing...

As the world watches the gymnastics events at the Tokyo Olympics, we remember the ancient Greeks, who started the history of gymnastics.

Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM If you ask most gen-Zers or most young people today who Homer is, or was, they will think of Homer Simpson from the...

Control of the Oracle of Delphi in Ancient Greece was a coveted prize that rival cities and coalitions fiercely contested during the Sacred Wars,...

Some of the most influential and noteworthy philosophers and scientists in history were from Ancient Greece. Pythagoras is one of the most famous and...

The city of Corinth was one of the most famous places in ancient Greece, playing a major role throughout Greece’s history. It even participated...

The city of Corinth was one of the most famous places in ancient Greece, playing a major role throughout Greece’s history. It even participated...

Thermopylae is most famous for the battle which took place there in 480 BC. It was a battle in which the heavily outnumbered three hundred Spartans...

Argos governed a small empire fairly early in Greece’s history, which has mostly been forgotten today. The evidence for this Argive empire is...

Argos governed a small empire fairly early in Greece’s history, which has mostly been forgotten today. The evidence for this Argive empire is...