This episode explores whether the Byzantine Empire truly inherited the culture and legacy of ancient Greece. Although it rose from the eastern half of the Roman Empire, its language, education, ...

A lavish tomb of a noblewoman discovered in ancient Greece includes a mysterious symbol of lost power.

The beginning of the Classical style in Greek sculpture is the beginning of naturalism in art, an important turning point in ...

Archaeologists also discovered the burial of a four-year-old child in close proximity to the woman. The child was crowned with a bronze diadem adorned with small rosettes and dates to the same time ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress.

Archaeologists have made an important discovery while exploring Salamis, a small island off the coast of Greece near Athens where a now-sunken city once stood. Scientists found a partially submerged ...

The origins of ancient Greek city names like Athens and Olympia reflect mythology, history, and the development of Greek ...

Explore what it means to be human today by studying what it meant to be a hero in ancient Greek times. In this introduction to ancient Greek culture and literature, learners will experience, in ...

Perhaps no other ancient city captures our imagination quite like Pompeii. The storyline is familiar: a thriving city on the Bay of Naples- a mecca of high culture and a playground of the rich- ...