New research shows how trade rooted in local resource differences and the conflicts it sparked, made ancient Greek ...

The economy of Ancient Athens was more than just silver coins - it was an early model of a financial empire. With an extensive trade network and a reliance on imported grain, Athens developed ...

For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.

If anything, it discourages the sort of stimulating interchanges afforded by those ancient Greek port cities. This year, I attended a social event where I had a conversation with a self-described ...

The cataphract model had a deck to protect the oarsmen ... wages and a social status that reflected their importance in ancient Athens. The bronze rams, however, would survive centuries at ...

But Mapping Ancient Athens turns the whole city into a kind of exploded museum, with every shop and corner harboring relics from a vanished world. This city-as-museum model highlights the precise ...