Twenty-five hundred years ago the Spartans were the indisputable military power in Greece. No city had warriors as fierce and ...

A Roman-era bridge was discovered in the ancient city of Elefsina, west of Athens during works for a suburban railway line.

During the spring and early fall, travelers can enjoy mild temperatures, calm seas, and fewer crowds. Through decades of planning Mediterranean trips, I've found that this four-stop itinerary is the ...

The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast of Türkiye, directly across the Aegean Sea from Athens. Today, it is rubble and ruins, but 2,000 years ago, it was a thriving center of ...

A new study published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization presents an alternative explanation for how city-states emerged in ancient Greece. Instead of being solely the result of war, ...

An ancient Greek city in modern-day western Turkey was the setting for the finding of gold coins dating back thousands of years. Researchers led by University of Michigan archaeologist Christopher ...

Ancient inscriptions record that the workers typically laboured ... Natalie Martin is editor and journalist at Greek City ...

These ancient cities sunk to the ocean floor. Here's how they were rediscovered. These coastal civilizations have long since disappeared under the waves. But new technology is revolutionizing ...

Examine the ancient Greek slave classes and their role in maintaining the economy. How they were represented in art and ...

Greek became the lingua franca. Civic structures such as the bouleuterion, a meeting place for the council of elders, took root in every polis, the Greek term for city-state.

In its early years, Greek democracy was fragile. In many cities, there were one or more interruptions to the initial period of democracy.

The agoras of the ancient Greek city-states were open areas for people to assemble for everything from political gatherings to public debates. Ancient Agora is the most popular of its kind, thanks ...