Popular culture has mythologised The Spartans as militaristic warriors who enjoyed nothing more than battling to the death. But how much of what we think we know is actually true? And what can modern ...

They performed before thousands and could become celebrities, yet actors in ancient Rome were stripped of their civic rights.

The graffiti was discovered under a thick stone slab, suggesting it was deliberately hidden and not a product of chance.

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TIL Quaker Oats Co. fully funded the 1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory movie to promote a new line of candy.

Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery in that aligns with a famous Bible verse. The 1,300-year-old artifact was ...

On the borderlands of early civilizations, people who considered one another alien met in moments of trade, warfare or simple human curiosity.

Before philosophers, democracy, and empire, there was a land of scattered tribes surrounded by sea and stone. This video uncovers how geography, trade, and war gave birth to one of the greatest ...

In an ancient monastery behind huge medieval battlements in a hilltop town just south of Rome, 10 monks are striving to keep alive a 1,600-year-old spiritual tradition against increasing odds.

An ancient fortress, situated at an altitude of 1,150 meters in the heart of the Pindus Mountains in Greece, has been ...

A new lighting system was unveiled at the Acropolis on Wednesday that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said would serve to illuminate the democratic principles of ancient Greece as well as the ...