The daily life in Ancient Greece revolved around work, family, education, and religion, shaping a civilization that still ...

Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site two days before the contest Thursday ...

Were there demonstrations and protests in ancient Greece and if so, how did people get the chance to participate?

Channel 4’s history series is a wonderfully serene trip through Greece but doesn’t dig deep enough ...

Sixteen years into the Peloponnesian War, the devastating conflict between the Athenian and Spartan empires during the fifth ...

Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...

There are also nonfiction flicks about cave diving ( 4Caves—4Seasons ), a massive emigration of Greek laborers to Germany in ...

The idea of democracy is said to have begun with the ancient Greeks; the word itself is formed from the Greek words demos (people) and kratos (power or rule), meaning “rule by the people”.

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...