The first ancient Greek colonies were established as early as the 8th century BC, while wide colonization continued through ...

Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with the brutal Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, ...

The Grande Bretagne reverted to the Allies in 1944 but still was almost blown up by the Greek Resistance that Christmas. Only news that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was staying there ...

The bond of the Jews to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea spans three thousand years and is one of ...

The evolution of the term "barbarian" in ancient Greek thought—from cultural outsider to a symbol of uncivilized otherness—is ...

Although its great boom occurred in the 16th century, the drive to travel the known world and discover new lands was ...

Originating around 800 BCE with the polis city-state system, Greece is the birthplace of Athens, Sparta, philosophy, democracy, and the Olympic Games. Dating back to around 1500 BCE during the Vedic ...

Archaeologists in Tajikistan discover a 2,000-year-old jug inscribed with its owner’s name, shedding light on ancient Kushan ...

Workers at the Egyptian port city of Alexandria have recovered 22 massive stone blocks that were used thousands of years ago to build the city's famous lighthouse, one of the wonders of the ancient ...

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 ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a long-lost Egyptian city that dates back 2,500 years. Located around six miles (10 km) south of Tanis in Egypt 's Nile Delta, the city of Imet was once a bustling centre ...