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To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various sources.
A new study on the ancient Greek city of Helike shows how repeated earthquakes transformed the landscape and forced ...
Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana ...
These remains of the Greek merchant ship from the 4th century BC lay off the coast of Komiža and were from a crucial period ...
Part of a road in Cyprus collapsed, revealing a long-forgotten tomb from about 2,000 years ago, officials said. Photos show ...
Meet Worthy of Armor, Don't Fail, and Hot Flanks, ancient Scythian names for woman Amazon warriors, now revealed on Greek vases.
Explore the factors that caused civil war within ancient Greece and the technologies, tools and military strategies that resulted from ongoing conflict.
Explore which social groups were part of the citizen class and who was excluded in ancient Greece. Could citizenship be won or lost? Were there any drawbacks to being a citizen?
Rewriting an Ancient Narrative For centuries ... Situated near the pyramid, these burial sites contained pottery, personal ...
This is the fourth installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here, part ...
In Warsaw, Poland, a man stumbled upon a medieval sword while exploring the low water levels of the Vistula River. The sword, identified as a well-preserved medieval weapon, was found by chance and ...
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Who was the first pirate?
The first mention of a pirate by name may be in a Greek book from 2,500 years ago. But sea-raiding has been around since the ...