Listening to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s speech last weekend, one word kept running through my head: Plataea. If you’re ...

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

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For over 200 years, Athens and Sparta were recognized as the most powerful Greek city-states, and yet one was a democracy ... success and intellectual and cultural development in ancient Greece. 2 hrs ...

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.

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Think of Java, and chances are that the megacity of Jakarta – the capital of Indonesia – will spring to mind. But for those interested in the island's traditional culture, a smaller city ...

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Sophie Jackson of Museum of London Archaeology called it “one of the most significant discoveries” in years in London’s oldest quarter, the City — the square-mile financial district where modern glass ...