"At seven a Spartan boy was taken from his mother and raised in barracks, beneath the eyes of ... the modern-day city of Sparta stands near the ancient ruins, having a population of more than ...

[7 Most Mysterious Archaeological Finds on Earth] Ancient Spartan palace? The ruins, which are on a low hill on a Spartan plain that is dotted with olive trees, include what is likely the palace ...

Sparta had a highly unusual system of government ... of military professionals who lived most of their lives in communal barracks. Rarely seeing their wives and children, their lands were farmed ...

pioneering archeologist Heinrich Schliemann uncovered the ruins of two of the cities at the heart of the tale — King Priam’s Troy and King Agamemnon’s Mycenae. The Sparta of King Menelaus ...

The location of the Hospital Street Barracks complex, lying to the east of the fort, may have inadvertently offered its occupants, rank-and-file soldiers from 1733-1906, gendarmes from 1906-1917 ...

TORONTO — The remains of a bustling port and barracks for sailors or military troops have been discovered near the Giza Pyramids. They were in use while the pyramids were being built about 4,500 ...

New excavations at a site near historical Sparta may have uncovered the lost ruins of a Mycenaean Spartan palace. Among the treasures found a the site were cultic objects, such as this bull's head ...