First introduced in the Olympic Games in 648 BCE, pankration had minimal rules, allowing fighters to employ a wide array of ...

History is full of surprises, and some discoveries challenge everything we thought we knew about ancient civilizations. The ...

This essay is part of Companion Fare, a series of personal stories about traveling with loved ones.

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

For the Spartans, hair combing before the battle displayed their readiness to face death with calm and courage, an act meant ...

A brand-new rumor supports past claims of a classic God of War Greek saga remastered collection by stating that it could be ...

John A. Martino and Michael P. O'Kane's historical novel 'Olympia and the Birth of the Olympic Games' takes readers to the dawn of an "ancient Hellenic civilisation" following the Greek Dark Ages.

The Ancient Greek Dark Ages came after the powerful Mycenaean Era. But what actually were the Greek Dark Ages, and how did ...