The role of good Greek tyrants and aesimnetai in ancient Greece, highlighting leaders like Peisistratus, Polycrates, and Solon.

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world ... by historians as the Archaic period of Greek history. During this time many of the cities in Greece ...

We are transported back to the year 500 BCE to meet Aspasia of Miletus - one of the most important women in Athens - to find out about everyday life in Ancient Greece. Our civilisation is known ...

The inventions of the hemispherium and the hemicyclium are attributed to Berosus (356-323 BCE), a Chaldean priest and astronomer who brought these types of sundials to Greece. Both dials use the shape ...

The catapult was an ancient siege machine that could hurl heavy objects or ... invented the catapult about 400 BCE. Thereafter, it became a key weapon in warfare and remained so up through mediaeval ...

The artifact emerged from the ruins of an ancient Roman building-turned-workshop in Sicily from the second or first century ...

Visiting the Ancient Agora of Greece is an outdoor adventure ... to a communal gathering spot in the 6th century BCE. Over its history, the Athens Agora endured four significant devastations.

Explore the 9 oldest-known archaeological sites, from Theopetra Cave to Göbekli Tepe, and Altamira. Dive into early human history and fascinating cave art.

It seems very little has changed from the days of the ancient ... trips to see Greece—and in particular Athens—were especially popular. The Roman general Germanicus (15 BCE–19 CE) went ...