The urge to leave your mark for posterity is nothing new, as ancient Greek graffiti carved into an Egyptian Temple clearly ...

B.C. might not sound like the best time to punch into a time machine, but for time travellers with a taste for ancient history, it’s kind of a goldmine. This was an era full of shifting empires, wild ...

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. ... By the year 500 BC, here in the city of Athens, the Greek people were laying the foundations of what we know as Western civilization.

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 ...