The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

a denomination of Christianity considered heretical in the eastern Roman Empire, and had been forced to flee to Persia. Their ability to speak several languages—including Greek and Syriac (a ...

Explore how Star Wars reflects the Islamic Golden Age through architecture, astronomy, and philosophy rooted in real-world ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The so-called Thucydides Trap has become a staple of foreign policy commentary over the past decade or so, regularly invoked to frame the escalating rivalry between the United ...

New evidence supporting the former argument comes from oddly out-of-place rocks collected not from modern areas of the ancient Roman empire, but from Iceland. Although the region is known ...

The eastern Basalt Desert was a home of a “very intensive” Christian graffiti production during first three centuries AD.

The remains of an ancient city named Lyncus, the capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis, may have been discovered in […] ...

Mostly sunny with a high of 66 °F (18.9 °C). Winds from W to S at 8 to 11 mph (12.9 to 17.7 kph). Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds variable at 5 to 11 mph (8 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be ...

Mostly cloudy with a high of 60 °F (15.6 °C). Winds NW at 12 to 13 mph (19.3 to 20.9 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 11 to 12 mph (17.7 to 19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 53 °F (11 ...

Also tucked away along Plaka's winding streets are popular sites like the 4th-century Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Ancient Agora and the Museum of Greek Folk Art. Accessible via metro lines 1 ...