One major reason why ancient Greece was dominated by small city-states and independent towns, rather than by one all-powerful king, is its geography. The country's mountainous terrain, many ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...

Ancient Greece gave us many things, from mythology to democracy by way of the Olympics, but if I recall my (very) old primary-school project correctly, one thing Archimedes and pals never got ...