Image caption, Ancient Greek ruins of the Temple of Apollo and theatre in the ancient town of Delphi. Most people lived in villages or in the countryside. Many Greeks were poor and life was hard ...

We are transported back to the year 500 BCE to meet Aspasia of Miletus - one of the most important women in Athens - to find out about everyday life in Ancient Greece. Our civilisation is known ...

The life expectancy of ancient Greeks has been a subject of controversy among historians. But what was their actual lifespan?

Like several forms of expression, booing originated in Ancient Greece in the theater, as a means to express dissatisfaction ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought.

In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists have unearthed an ancient relic that offers a vivid snapshot of life nearly 3,000 years ago. However, it wasn't a precious gem, intricate artifact ...

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity. Geoscientists conducted ...

Eligible students will be immersed in Greek culture in this semester-long program that covers Greek culture and film, ancient archaeological sites and what daily life is like in modern Greece. In ...