While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Ancient Greek history is full of the names of great minds: philosophers, scientists, statesmen, generals, historians and ...

Another Whyalla-style economic rescue will be hampered by government debt, experts warn, leaving a crippling burden for future generations. Raising alarm about the repayment burden for future ...

He gave comfort to people who just wanted more spending. Historically, the great constraint on politicians handing out taxpayer money has been the unpopularity of taxation. So here is the dilemma ...

“It’s really because I adopted Alexander the Great. I fell in love with him when ... Philip’s stunning iron-and-gold armature is the most complete and best-preserved panoply from ancient ...

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is an MVP frontrunner with his sights set on a championship. And if ...

In antiquity, niches typically contained a statue of a deity such as Apollo ... rulers of Anatolia. When Alexander the Great passed through this rugged terrain in 334 B.C., after crossing the ...

Near the Depression-era statue of ... Park is a great place to picnic, to catch a summer concert at the historic amphitheater or to play pickup basketball at a purple and gold court dedicated ...

Cleopatra was a daughter of Egypt – part of the Macedonian-Greek-Ptolemaic Dynasty that had ruled since the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC ... a much-disliked figure in Rome, whose ...

From coast to coast and north to south, cute small towns represent much of what is great about each state or region ... Travelers who enjoy odd tourist spots will love Alexandria's "Big Ole" statue, a ...

A Gold Coast man has offered two cases of beer for information relating to the disappearance of an iconic beachside statue. Currumbin Beach locals were left puzzled to find the 100kg bronze ...

More analysis is needed to support the finding but, if confirmed, the discovery could reveal the location of the place where Alexander the Great's paternal grandmother was born. Lyncestis was a ...