Alexander the Great established himself as Emperor of Asia and urged his generals to marry Persian women in the Susa weddings.

On January 18, a man walked into a police station in northern Greece with a black plastic bag he'd just found among garbage ...

A historic marble statue of a woman has been found discarded in a rubbish bag by a local resident near Thessaloniki, Greece.

It was a suicide mission, designed to detain the Persians just long enough for the rest of the Greek allies to gather their forces. Led by King Leonidas, the Spartans heroically held the Persians ...

Persia, the old enemy, had even struck up a series of alliances with Sparta and in the years 413 and 412 the two powers signed three treaties. Having brought his native city to its knees ...

Estimating the population of Ancient Greece is a complex task due to the lack of accurate historical records and the different time periods.

Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium. In 800BC ... held the first Olympic Games and they fought off the invading Persian army. This period is known by historians as the Archaic period of Greek ...

This sculpture from the Parthenon shows a Centaur rearing triumphantly over a dying human Lapith. This focus on human suffering epitomises the intense humanism of Greek art. The sculpture also ...