Major discoveries, from ancient tombs to submerged cities, reveal the incredible advancements of Greek civilization.

Alexander the Great is one of the legendary conquerors of ancient history who sparked the imagination of generations of ...

A new study suggests the Byzantine Empire’s decline wasn’t caused by the Justinian Plague, but may have even experienced a ...

As the Egyptian civilization faded, the Greek one emerged around 700 BC. The Greek civilization prevailed until "the end of antiquity" around 600 AD. The Greeks were great philosophers and their ...

The Gandhara art persisted until the 7th century and had some influence on the Buddhist sculptures seen in China and other ...

There’s also the Greek factor. The origins and ties of Western civilization are Greek. But the modern vision of Western civilization nearly excludes the living Greeks. No wonder the advocates of ...

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Getty Images The Mycenaeans established the first advanced civilization in mainland Greece ... The work could also provide clues to the origin of Greek language. Like the majority of languages ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...