In ancient Greece, Sparta was famous for two things: the bravery of its warriors in battle and its atrocious food, says chef Max Miller who prepared the infamous black broth or melas zomos. During the ...

Sparta, Greece's great military power, founded just one colony in its entire history: Taras, today's Taranto in southern Italy. Tradition says it was settled by outcasts their own city didn't want. It ...

What It Was Like to Be Every Spartan Rank explores the harsh hierarchy behind one of the ancient world’s most famous warrior societies. At the lowest levels, life revolved around demanding labor, ...

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In this activity, students will examine why Sparta’s army was considered the most effective fighting force in the ancient Greek world, focusing on how the agoge training system, the hoplite phalanx, ...

As blazes surge across Europe, the country is making a trade-off to protect its heritage by fireproofing sites at the risk of spoiling the surrounding landscape. By Motoko Rich and Niki Kitsantonis ...

One period of history that often lends itself to the glamor of Hollywood is ancient Greece. Both historical records and myths of ancient Greece have fascinated filmmakers for decades, but it's ...

Zendaya and Law Roach gave us webbed gowns for Spider-Man and bridal-inspired attire for The Drama, but their most recent method dressing campaign has deeper fashion roots. In Christopher Nolan's The ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself? The idea that aliens assisted the ...

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This article originally appeared in The Conversation. If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don’t just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus ...

The Peloponnesian War shows how fear, ambition, and mistrust can escalate into full-scale conflict. Thucydides’ trap helps us understand why rising powers provoke insecurity in dominant states. By ...