Today, the modern-day city of Sparta stands near the ancient ruins, having a population of more than 35,000 people. On the ruins of ancient Sparta, the historian Kennell writes that only three ...

A couple small ruins, some olive trees, and down below, the cold waters of the Eurotas River. Nothing half as flashy as the Parthenon. Like their prized republic, admirers of ancient Sparta don ...

[7 Most Mysterious Archaeological Finds on Earth] Ancient Spartan palace? The ruins, which are on a low ... "Tradition tells us that Sparta was an important site in the Mycenaean period," Haskell ...

Studded with antiquities, this land of ancient Olympia, Corinth, and Sparta offers plenty of fun ... like rock with a stone town at its base, has ruins all across its Masada-like summit.

The Present: The conference A friendship was renewed in the heat of early September between the Byzantine ruins at Mount Taygetos and Ancient Sparta. “Sparta-Israel Conference: Renewing an ...

Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration. The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire at ...

The statue was found at Sparta’s sanctuary of Athena Chalkioikos, a temple of special significance to Spartan soldiers. Alamy/ACI In the same vein, various ancient philosophers and orators ...

New excavations at a site near historical Sparta may have uncovered the ... [7 Most Mysterious Archaeological Finds on Earth] Ancient Spartan palace? The ruins, which are on a low hill on a ...