In northern Greece, between the Strymon and Xiropotamos rivers, rises a mass of stone that has been a silent witness to the ...

Macedonia faced a sudden cultural and military shock when Celtic warriors shattered the Hellenistic illusion of invincibility ...

Alexander the Great's quote, "I do not steal victory," underscores a philosophy of earned success through courage, merit, and ...

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This article originally appeared in The Conversation. If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don’t just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus ...

Part pagan ritual and part political satire, one of the most famous village festivals in the Balkans, the Vevcani carnival, goes ahead in North Macedonia on Tuesday and Wednesday. The two-day Vevcani ...

Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Parties in ancient Greece were wild, with evidence of copious alcohol and sex. That’s the popular idea that endures today.

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...

New research has mapped 16 extensive, interlaced river systems on Mars, dating back approximately 3.7 billion years to the Early Hesperian Period. These large river systems, despite covering only ...

The Royal Navy came into its own during the “Age of Reason,” in which ancient Greece was seen as a virtuous and exemplary society and its aesthetics were widely copied. The flagship of the UK’s Royal ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.