When the ancient Greeks faced the Persians in the Battle of Artemisium, they set the tone for the Battle of Salamis.

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Ancient historians recorded legends about the invention of the first coins, and archaeologists have found some surprising ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, and shown in the Bayeux Tapestry. By reinterpreting ... Ancient Genomes Reveal an Iron Age Society Centred on Women Jan. 15, 2025 — A groundbreaking study ...

After more than three decades of excavation efforts in the ancient site of Bethsaida in the Golan Heights, archaeologists have unearthed something miraculous: a city gate that dates back to the time ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King Tutankhamun’s father ... A statue of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten (also known as Amenhotep IV ...

The Persian empire pioneered women's rights. Other contemporary cultures made jokes about it and considered Persians unmanly.

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...