Pretty much everyone alive today knows the caricature of the Ancient Spartan warrior. Decked out in a round shield with a Λ on its face, a red cloak, and a crested helmet, the classic Spartan hoplite ...

The Spartan Exception That Proves the Rule The idea of a Spartan with PTSD might stretch the imagination, particularly since the simple act of reaching adulthood in the ancient world was - in some ...

For the Ancient Greeks, beards signaled age, status, and virtue, turning these into symbols of masculinity, honor, and social control.

The ancient Greek kingdom of Pylos is nowhere near as familiar in today’s popular consciousness as city-states with names like Corinth or Thebes, but it did get a shout-out from Homer in both the ...

History has a habit of being rewritten. But thanks to advances in science and technology, we’re gaining an ever-clearer picture of what life may have been like during some of the most crucial periods ...

An architectural dig on an ancient Greek battlefield, returned to in 1880, unearthed a surprising find: a mass grave of Theban soldiers carefully and deliberately buried in pairs. Make that couples.

BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) - The Frank Miller experience continues in "300." This is the second movie to transfer a muscular story and visuals from a Miller graphic novel to the screen. Instead of ...

Using new scientific tools, University of Cincinnati archaeologists discovered that an ancient Greek leader known today as the Griffin Warrior likely grew up around the seaside city he would one day ...