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 ...

With its multifaceted history, welcoming people, dramatic ruins and stunning vistas ... Studded with antiquities, this land of ancient Olympia, Mycenae and Sparta offers plenty of fun in the ...

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 ...

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 king of Sparta, before fleeing to Troy with Paris. (Various versions of the myth differ regarding whether she was abducted or went willingly.) Archaeologists say the ancient Romans painted the ...

POMPEII, Italy, March 9 (Reuters) - A flock of grazing sheep is helping archaeologists to preserve the ancient ruins of Pompeii, the Roman city that was buried under metres of pumice and ash in ...