Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Laconia, in the Peloponnese. It was known for its military ...

History has a habit of being rewritten. But thanks to advances in science and technology, we’re gaining an ever-clearer picture of what life may have been like during some of the most crucial periods ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) But in 2008 a team of Italian archaeologists began to excavate outside the ancient ...

Greek historians like Herodotus are famous for writing down some of the first-ever Western historical records and waxing poetic about the skirmishes and wars waged throughout Ancient Greece. But just ...

Scientists and modern soldiers tested a replica of the 3,500-year-old Dendra armor in a hands-on experiment and found it was functional, a study said. Photo from Andreas Flouris and Marija Marković, ...

Israeli archeologists may have discovered the first-ever tomb of a woman known as a "hetaira" to Alexander the Great's army in Ancient Greece. A hetaira, or courtesan, was an "esteemed escort," said ...