Ancient documents show that Argos once ruled over a small empire within Greece that has mostly been forgotten today.

Researchers found what they believe is a 2,000-year-old map of the stars The star catalog was made by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 162 and 127 BCE, 1,400 years before the telescope.

The tale of the Trojan War is perhaps the most famous story of ancient Greek mythology. For almost 3,000 years, the fabled feud between Greeks and Trojans has captivated audiences.

Archaeologists discover ancient 1,500-year-old town mentioned in Holy Land maps Some of the most telling discoveries were ancient Greek and Latin inscriptions on funerary stones.

Paul Cartledge, in “Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece,” puts the city back on the cultural map, and makes a case for the Theban general Epaminondas as the Nelson of his day.

This colored version of a 19th-century engraving depicts ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus using a sighting tool to measure the positions of the stars. Science historians don't know exactly how ...