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There's always been a deep-seated rejection of monarchy in Greece, favoring accountable, accessible leaders over distant, ...
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What Was the Polis?
For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.
The origins of Spartanburg come from the Spartan Regiment of the Revolutionary War. The Hub City derives from trains and Sparkle City may be just wordplay.
Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...
On Friday, Jorgenson’s well ran dry for the second time in the past year ... The mine’s conditional use permit with the city of Sparta states that U.S. Silica is responsible for remedying ...
Since the dawn of time, humanity has needed heroes and epic deeds. For millennia, every civilisation has passed down and ...
A series of extraordinary tales where reality and wonder coexist, just like in the great stories of the past: Tales of ...
It was conquered by and resisted empires and contributed to the development and spread of the Greek alphabet.   When Greece ...
According to archaeologists at City of David, the Pilgrimage Road would be the ancient version of Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda in modern times. Researchers uncovered coins, weights, and other ...
A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a ...
Photo from the Municipality of Utrecht In ancient Roman times, the modern-day city of Utrecht was known as Trajectum ad Rhenum and functioned as a border fort built around a branch of the Rhine River.
A new exhibition is spotlighting the women who have long been sidelined in histories of the Roman Empire—from mothers and weavers to entrepreneurs and influential tavern owners ...