Greek Reporter

Gyms in Ancient Greece Trained Citizens and Minds, Not Just Muscles

Gyms (gymnasiums) in Ancient Greece were vibrant communal hubs where elite men forged identities through exercise and philosophical debates.
Greek Reporter

The Untold Ancient Greek Saga of South Asia

South Asia was once the eastern part of the Ancient Greek world, a pivotal yet little explored part of the Greek empire and cultural sphere.
Smithsonian Magazine

Afghanistan Was a Crossroad of the Ancient World, Where Hellenistic Culture Blended With Buddhist Influences

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...

How hieroglyphs became the sacred script of the ancient Egyptians

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Earliest hand-held wooden tools found in Greece date back 430,000 years

An international team has discovered the earliest known hand-held wooden tools used by humans. A study jointly led by ...
The List on MSN

The heartbreaking death of Prince William's godfather, King Constantine II of Greece

King Constantine, last king of Greece, has died at the age of 82. Here's what we know about the former monarch and his ties ...

A forgotten explorer, the first Greek who reached Britain 1,500 years before modern travel

History tends to cluster its explorers in the same few centuries, often skipping earlier figures whose journeys left fewer ...