An ancient strain of plague ( Yersinia pestis) has been identified in a 4,000-year-old domesticated sheep. The study provides the first direct evidence linking livestock to the spread of this early ...

Archaeologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) have uncovered a 2nd century BCE tomb near the Bulgarian village Kapitan Petko Voivoda in the Topolovgrad region, which they are calling the ...

Researchers recovered the first Yersinia pestis bacteria genome from a Bronze Age animal. It reveals how a plague spread in ...

The unique dual kingship of Sparta, known as the Spartan diarchy, was a distinctive form of rule in Ancient Greece.

Fans who are looking forward to Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey should watch this divisive 21-year-old film ...

According to legend, a king of Epirus named Pandrasus ruled over a community of enslaved Trojans sometime after the Trojan War.

In a world where global power is no longer solely fought over through use of military might but won through wit, diplomacy, and innovation, Greece is recasting its story. Leading that transformation, ...

Herodotus tended to put his political philosophies into the mouths of historical figures such as Miltiades. He condensed his thoughts about government into what historians call the “Constitutional ...