Altogether there were over 1500 city-states in the Greek world, but some of these would barely qualify as towns in modern terms. Even Athens, by far the largest of all city-states, only contained ...

On the west bank of the Achelous are the remains of one of the oldest shipyards in antiquity, that of the ancient Greek city ...

Archaeologists have uncovered city walls and a gate at the ancient Greek city of Selinunte in Italy, offering new insights ...

The mythical conflict took place outside the walls of Troy, an ancient city on the coast of Asia Minor. But the seeds of war were sown far from there, in the city of Sparta on the Greek mainland.

New research is shedding light on the bouleuterion building that once stood in the ancient city of Teos, located in ...

The Mediterranean has a long and storied past, and this newly-discovered port has led to a surprising breakthrough in Ancient Greece.

Alexander the Great founded over 70 cities and created an empire that stretched across three continents, covering 2 million square miles. There was never one country called ‘ancient Greece’.