The ancient Greek polis, or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on the principles of citizenship, freedom, and equality. Emerging around 650 BCE and lasting until ...

Archaeologists from the University of Michigan have recently discovered a hoard of Persian gold coins in the ancient Greek city-state of Notion, on the west coast of Anatolia in Turkey. The gold coins ...

By the time of Christianity, the tomb may even have served as a place of refuge or religious sanctuary since there are Christian symbols etched on the inside walls of the tomb. Panticapaeum (or ...

Emerging around 650 BCE and enduring to 350 CE, it offered a means for collaboration among fellow city-states and social bargaining between a community and its elites—but at what cost? Polis proposes ...

Mythology has been the core of many peoples lives and continues to directly, and indirectly, guide entire civilizations ...

have been uncovered in an archaeological dig in the ancient Greek city of Aizanoi, 50 kilometres from Kutahya city centre in modern-day western Turkey. Described as possessing “astonishing beauty”, ...

Om (ॐ): Om is one of the most sacred symbols in Hinduism, representing the essence of the universe and the ultimate reality, Brahman. It is considered the sound of creation and is universally used in ...

Ephesus (Ancient Greek ... the city according to the “Grid Plan” found by Hippodamos of Miletus. According to this plan, all avenues and streets in the city intersect each other perpendicularly.

European cities are known for their historic old towns, and few have a historic old town as impressive as the Croatian coastal city of Split. There, modern shops, bars, and restaurants are housed ...

University Press,USA.ISBN 9780195124910. Sealey, Raphael, A History of the Greek City States 700–338 B.C. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976.

Nina Obuljen Koržinek, along with State Secretary Krešimir Partl, participated in the presentation of an extraordinary archaeological find. The site, located in the heart of the town, has been ...