Dante, the beloved poet of Italy, who penned the monumental and immortal works “Inferno,” “Purgatorio,” and “Paradiso,” never visited Greece, but his thought was heavily influenced […]
The brightest symbol of Western Civilization, the Parthenon of Acropolis, was converted to a Christian church for almost a millennium from 500 AD to 1450. Originally […]
Ancient Greece was a civilization full of activity. Right from as early as 1600 BC Greece was full of impressive buildings, signs of powerful kings, and […]
Hippocrate of Kos (c. 460 – c. 370 BC), a physician of ancient Greece’s Classical era, is considered to be the Father of Medicine. Hippocrates surprisingly suggested rather […]
Astonishing details of Alexander the Great’s personal armor as he prepared for the Battle of Gaugamela against the Persians are described by the Ancient Greek historian, […]
A place of universal historic and cultural interest, the ruins of the School of Aristotle are located just two miles from the contemporary town of Naoussa […]
An analysis of bracelets owned by an Egyptian Queen has found that Egypt and Greece were involved in trade during the bronze age, much earlier than […]
In a recent discovery, scientists have uncovered new proof indicating that our ancestors may have engaged in kissing as early as 4,500 years ago. The evidence […]
To ancient Greeks, our modern democracy would be considered an “oligarchy.” By that, I mean the rule of and by—if not necessarily or expressly for—the few […]