The Scythian nomads known as Sakas fought against the ancient Greeks of India, who ruled a large kingdom in South Asia. Credit: world history encyclopedia / Simeon Netchev CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The ancient ...

From prophecy and divine communication to medical diagnosis and understanding the human psyche, the ancient Greeks had many theories about why we dream. The evolution of the theory of dreams in the ...

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The Olympic Games are heralded as one of the oldest sporting events in history, dating back to ancient Greece. But were the Greek Olympics actually influenced by the existence of a very similar ...

Simitis imposed financial measures to prepare for Greece’s entry into the eurozone ... a broader crisis across the eurozone. The Summer Olympics, held shortly after Mr. Simitis left office ...

Compared to 2024’s wave of protests against overtourism across Europe, in Greece – famed for its filoxenia (love of strangers) – there has been scarcely a ripple, despite the country ...

Biles explained there is a lot more than legacy and sporting ambition at stake when deciding whether she’ll continue her career into a home Olympics. “I’ve accomplished so much, there’s ...

In a move to better prepare Canadians curlers for the Olympics, Curling Canada has overhauled its schedule, moving the mixed doubles trials a year earlier — the thinking being that a full year ...

In The Smell of Sweat: Greek Athletics, Olympics, and Culture, William Blake Tyrrell (Michigan State University) takes on a broader brief. His very detailed and fully referenced discussion of the ...

His letter was written in Greek on papyrus, a writing material made from the pith of the papyrus plant. The dry climate of Egypt allowed papyrus letters to survive buried under the ground ...

Plus, it was Australia’s first in a women’s field event in Olympics history. All in all, it was pretty special stuff from Nina Kennedy. The 27-year-old cleared 4.90m on her first attempt to ...

The most decorated American female swimmer in history, Katie Ledecky, had been part of a relay team at the 2021 Summer Olympics that had broken a world record but still finished second to Chinese ...