Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.

In ancient Greece, education was private affair and parents decided on the curriculum. Since girls didn't attend school, the boys underwent training in literacy as well as poetry, music ...

Over the centuries, poets have often used ancient Greece as their "muse," resulting in some of the most magnificent poems ever written.

Who were the ancient Greeks? Who were the ancient Greeks? Discover different ancient Greek cities and find out how they were ruled. How did the Olympic Games begin? Learn how the Olympic Games ...

Shared religious rites united ancient Greek villages and regions. Worship intially was communal, but as people sought meaning in life and hope for an afterlife, they were drawn to cults that ...

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians.

As they were learning about ancient Greece, he opted to play Odyssey, the eleventh installment of the game developed by Ubisoft. He showed them the Battle of Thermopylae, one of the most prominent ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome has long been referenced, from the temple-like façades ...