The ancient Greeks did not just have legends about their own nation. They also had legends pertaining to surrounding states. One of the most prominent...

Homer’s Odyssey tells the tale of Odysseus returning to his home after the Trojan War. For a variety of reasons, the trip is not an easy one....

Greek mythology is full of artifacts endowed with supernatural powers, in addition to a myriad of unforgettable gods, demigods, creatures, and...

Ancient Greece witnessed numerous significant battles that played pivotal roles in shaping its history and Western civilization. These battles ranged...

The search for the legendary lost island of Atlantis continues to fascinate researchers. However, a detail that is commonly ignored in the search for...

A senior Russian official confirmed on Thursday that 10,000 recent recipients of Russian citizenship had been sent to the conflict in Ukraine....

Pyrrhus of Epirus (319/318–272 BC) was an ancient Greek general and statesman, widely regarded by his contemporaries and modern historians alike as...

Underwater archaeologists recently found more than 900 ancient objects from two shipwrecks dating back to the Ming Dynasty in the South China Sea....

The helots, as the slaves in ancient Sparta were known, were the subjugated part of the population that actually made up the majority of the...

Few people today may realize that some classic songs which became international hits were actually written by Greek composers, many of them by the...