The Geometric Period is a lesser known era in history. However, it ushered ancient Greece from the Dark Age to the Classical ...

The vases were produced in various regions across ancient Greece, with notable production centers being Athens, Corinth, and Sparta. In terms of styles, different regions had their distinctive ...

pankration (a primitive martial art), horse riding and chariot racing. The main event of the ancient games was the pentathlon. The Olympic Truce was established in Ancient Greece with the signing ...

Hygiene and health in ancient Greece and Rome were certainly advanced for their ... and they expanded the scale of gladiatorial contests and chariot races, which became immensely popular among the ...

The ancient tradition of the Bell People in the Greek village of Distomo marks the end of carnival. Revelers clad themselves in animal skins and heavy bronze bells.

The purpose of the race is to teach students about Circus Maximus, a stadium in Ancient Rome that brought out thousands of fans to different chariot racing events.

Linguists and archaeologists have long argued about which group of ancient people spoke the original Indo-European language. A new study in the journal Nature throws a new theory into the fray.

The Colchester Vase burial group, including mortarium lid, dish and flagon. Credit: D. Atfield / Colchester Museums The study of the bones has revealed signs of osteoarthritis and hip injuries, which ...

Harrison’s string of vignettes is one long object lesson stretching from 1816 Europe to distant dystopia. It’s a literal object lesson: a series of historic items—ranging from fire pits to ...