To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various sources.

Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles must be considered its father.

Were the Ancient Greeks racist? In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Ancient Civilizations series, we explore primary ...

When Alexander the Great’s empire reached India, it created a surprising cultural crossroads. Some Greeks living in the ...

An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating to the 14th–13th centuries BCE, during the Mycenaean palatial period.

Roman mosaic with aulos player. Wikimedia Commons. Indeed, ancient Greek music has long posed a maddening enigma. Yet music was ubiquitous in classical Greece, with most of the poetry from around ...

"The ancient Greek world was not some progressive utopia, but we do see some interesting solutions" for the disabled. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.

Many Greeks believe that defeating foreigners is a way of protecting Greek language and culture, which has survived for centuries through wars and occupations, says Nikos Konstandaras, a newspaper ...

Ancient Greek Pankration was the first historical instance of a combined multi-art hand-to-hand fighting system. As such, current MMA may justifiably be termed an evolved form of the Pankration ...