Ruins of an ancient theater sit near the modern city of Sparta, Greece. (Image credit: Panos Karas Shutterstock) Early Sparta. While the city of Sparta wasn't constructed until the first ...

HELEN. Achilles. Agamemnon. They’re names which date from the dawn of civilisation. Now the lost capital of Mycenean Sparta is emerging from the rubble of myth and history.

Rocky ruins dominate the archeological site of ancient Sparta. Some of the materials, such as stones and marble, were carried off to construct the medieval town of Mystras. (Photo by Norma Meyer) ...