Most Americans learned in school that democracy was born in ancient Athens, nurtured briefly by Rome, then lost for more than a thousand years before Renaissance Europe revived it. A new study says ...

5th century BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from ...

Hippocratic physicians introduced the first evidence‑based, ethical approach to diagnosing and treating. But their ...

Boxing in ancient Greece originated as a very tough sport, much harder than professional boxing as we know it today.

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering events between 1200 and 760BC. This period has traditionally been viewed as a ...

Separating Kamari from Perissa on top of Mesa Vouna is Ancient Thera. This archaeological site, which was first claimed by the Dorians (ancient Greeks) in the 9th century B.C., is home to ruins from ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a ...

The air inside the sanctuary was thick with incense. A priest in embroidered vestments chanted ancient prayers as parishioners stood shoulder to shoulder. Some bowed deeply before painted icons of ...