The Academy of Athens is lauded around the world as a marvelous example of neoclassical architecture, representing Greece's ...

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Watching an American icon like Indiana Jones battle Nazis in “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” it’s hard to believe that it was ...

Carl Benson on Prof Lewis' Book; on State Rights in Ancient Greece, (Lewis) ...

Ancient Greek military thinking and strategy presents useful lessons for modern military theorists and practitioners.

CSMVS's mobile museum venture, created in collaboration with an exhibition it curated with the J. Paul Getty Museum, the ...

A new study published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization presents an alternative explanation for how city-states emerged in ancient Greece. Instead of being solely the result of war, ...

Why did Greece develop city-states? 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 Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.) was fought between Athens and Sparta—the two leading city-states of ancient Greece—and their respective allies.

Ancient geoglyphs and archaeological sites are being plowed over by Brazil farmers growing soy, corn and sugar crops in the Amazon Basin.