A number of historians believe that a Persian victory would have hamstrung the development of Ancient Greece, and by extension western civilization, leading them to argue that Salamis is one of ...

In the silver ore of Laurium lead was largely present and according ... Various substances are mentioned as the products of tiiese ancient metallic operations; the flower of gold and copper ...

Archaeologists have made an important discovery while exploring Salamis, a small island off the coast of Greece near Athens ... that existed as part of the ancient city of Salamis, according ...

Lowest of all slaves were those who worked in the nearby Laurium silver mines - where most quickly perished.

Finding Hadrian's aqueduct was significant for several reasons, the first being that it was one of the largest hydraulic systems to exist in ancient Greece. Unearthing a portion of it meant that ...