Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

The role of good Greek tyrants and aesimnetai in ancient Greece, highlighting leaders like Peisistratus, Polycrates, and Solon.

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

In antiquity, lead was released into the atmosphere as a byproduct of smelting ore for copper and silver. The toxic metal later condensed as dust and settled onto the soil.

The ancient Spartans were renowned for their military prowess and rigorous training regimes, which began at a young age. One of the more brutal practices involved training dogs to attack the Helots, ...

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago. That's ...

Today's current affairs seem so mirrored in the past; the great events of long, long ago seem so similar to what’s happening today. Not events ...

Scientists have deciphered a 1,900-year-old papyrus describing a court process from the time of the Roman occupation of ...

Greece’s defense minister says the European Union should abandon a “schizophrenic” approach of imposing very strict defense ...

The Sparta and Sparta II, cargo ships owned by the Russian Defence Ministry's sanctioned logistics company Oboronlogistics, ...

Authorities in Greece said Friday they have arrested a suspect accused of setting up online auctions to sell ancient Greek artifacts across multiple countries, including the ...

On Monday, the army warned the civilians remaining in the area to avoid insurgent positions and flee to government-held territory. But in Hama yesterday, the al-Qaida-linked Jund al-Aqsa, the Free ...