This article follows our family as we visit the Ancient Agora of Athens. Plus, learn about the history of this iconic ...

Archeologists are hoping that an ancient map, left largely unstudied for 4,000 years, can point them towards some hidden secrets of the ancient world. The Bronze Age map, at first look, is just a ...

Monty Python famously asked what the Romans ever did for us, but as a new map shows, they constructed a vast network of roads that revolutionized the world. Called Itiner-e, the incredible map ...

Greece is often described as the cradle of Western civilization, has a legacy that no one can ignore. And much of it is visible in its ruins or the places that are so ancient that any traveller will ...

In the center of Siena, Italy, a cathedral has stood for nearly 800 years. A black-and-white layer cake of heavy stone, fine-cut statuary, and rich mosaics, the imposing structure—now visited by more ...

Philopoemen was the most skilled general of the Achaean League. He defeated Sparta and propelled the league to prominence in ...