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

This was the Piri Reis map, a world chart compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. While the map is famous for its early depiction of the Americas, a new wave of academic ...

History remembers the broad strokes of ancient warfare. We’ll never forget things like gunpowder, the phalanx, and war ...

By analyzing ancient and modern DNA, scientists are uncovering the genetic origins of the Greek people, shaped over millennia ...

Buried beneath the sands of the Syrian-Iraqi borderlands, the ancient city of Mari lay silent for millennia until a vast ...

Pasta days, sea kayaking, tomb raiding — and, of course, beaches. No matter what your kids are into, the Mediterranean’s ...