The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

These are the Archaic Period (800-500 BC), Classical Period (500-323 BC), and Hellenistic Period (323-30 BC). Therefore, the focus is on the ancient Greek population from 800 to 30 BC. It should also ...

Homer (c. 8th–7th century BC) is one of the most renowned poets of ancient Greece and is traditionally credited with composing two of the most significant epic poems in Western literature: The Iliad ...

Ancient Greece produced ... caused by human activities across Greece, said co-author Andreas Koutsodendris at Heidelberg University. Around that time, in 146 BC, the Roman army conquered the ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to ... from the Hellenistic period (between 323 and 31 BC), said the police statement.

Epic History Salamis 480 BC The Battle for Greece Posted: January 30, 2025 | Last updated: January 30, 2025 The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the ...

We have encountered a fascinating social media map that illustrates the Greek world through archaeological discoveries. This map, created by a user on Google Maps, spans the Iberian Peninsula to India ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ancient metal ... suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece, the man surrendered ...

Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often unearthed during ... between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the conquest of Egypt by Rome in 30 BC ...

A rare "Corinthian" helmet from ancient Greece will go up for auction in London ... said the helmet is made from bronze and dates to between 500 and 450 B.C. Helmets that cover most of the face ...

Local police contacted archaeologists to determine the age of the mysterious marble piece. Following an initial assessment, experts confirmed the statue dates back to the Hellenistic era, spanning ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...