Freedom or death has always been a battle cry and virtue for the Greeks throughout their history. From the battles against ...

The Temple of Hera, home to the predecessor of the Olympic Games, is one of the oldest religious sanctuaries in Greece.

In ancient Greece, Olympic victors were crowned with olive branches, while Homer referred to the antioxidant-rich juice as “liquid gold” in his epic poems. Today, Greece remains one of the ...

Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change Jan. 30, 2025 — Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans ...

But the ancient Greeks beat all of these individuals to the punch by more than 2,000 years. As Adrienne Mayor, a classicist at Stanford University, argues in her 2018 book Gods and Robots ...

From Vikings to Beethoven: what your DNA says about your ancient relatives Phoenician city-states shared languages — recorded with an alphabet that was a precursor to Greek and Latin letters ...

Greece has led the parade of nations due to their ancient history with the competition ... good coaching staff and a good team, I am in the Olympics. I just want to go and compete.

Water Creek, Ark. (KATV) — A practice that dates back to prehistoric ages has been heralded as an annual family friendly event that attendees of all ages can enjoy in Water Creek. Knapping ...

The Olympic Games immediately spring to mind when people think about sport in ancient Greece. This is easy to understand because these Games are what has inspired our modern Olympics. The ancient ...

If you walked down a city street in ancient Greek and Roman times, it's likely you'd come across children or even adults playing a ball game. The Roman playwright Plautus (3rd/2nd century BC ...