An earthquake in Sparta in the year 464 BCE started a series of events which ultimately led to the Peloponnesian War.

The ancient world was shaped not only by empires and monuments but by the strange and symbolic rituals that people believed kept their worlds in balance. Across continents, civilisations practised ...

In the Mani region of the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, one finds the village of Neochori, where locals proudly claim they ...