Ancient Greek athletes fought in brutal contests of the ancient Olympics, where sacred honor and civic pride shaped modern ...
Ancient Greek and Roman armies were large and fearsome for their time, but their warfare tactics and leadership during battle ...
Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable hoard of gold coins thought to be more than 2,000 years old in an ancient Greek city. The coins—likely dated to the 5th century B.C.—were found buried in a ...
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Greek shipwreck yields bronze statues
Peeling back the layers of the ocean’s mysteries, the Antikythera shipwreck off the Greek coast continues to astonish us with its treasures. The latest find, a collection of bronze statues, not only ...
DNA from a 2,500-year-old battlefield in Sicily reveals that mercenary soldiers were common, if not the Homeric ideal. By Franz Lidz Wherever there is an out-of-the-way war, there will be mercenaries ...
Archaeologists have made an important discovery while exploring Salamis, a small island off the coast of Greece near Athens where a now-sunken city once stood. Scientists found a partially submerged ...
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