Remains of the Spartan fortifications on the battlefield of Plataea. Credit: George E. Koronaios / Wikimedia Commons That tripod crowned the Trikarenos Ophis or Serpent Column, an eight-meter-high ...

Associate Professor of Political Science Stefan Dolgert wrote a piece recently published in the Calgary Herald about parallels between Canada-U.S. relations and the destruction of the ancient ...

Plataea was at the time a pawn in a war of the ancient Greek superpowers, Athens and Sparta, and was besieged by the Theban allies of Sparta, who coveted Plataea’s territory.

Ancient Memories look like small, floating wisps or balls of light hidden throughout the Living Lands. They are often found in isolated named locations. These memories reward you with plenty of ...

The second Ancient Memory is located at the top of the Ranger Outpost. The Ancient Memory in the Emerald Stair is located in a western area called The Wildwoods, spotted just past the river when ...

A gargantuan gold-and-ivory statue of the god Zeus—some 40 feet high—dazzled the ancient world when it was built in the 5th century B.C. After standing for 8 centuries, it disappeared, and its ...

One of the most famous conflicts in ancient history was the clash between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greeks. The conflict between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greeks was primarily highlighted by ...

In 479 B.C. a fierce battle was fought at Plataea between the Greeks and Persians. The Greeks eventually won, but the Persians managed to devastate the Acropolis. The Greeks vowed not to rebuild it, ...

The findings probably correspond to one of the most important sanctuaries of ancient Thebes, the Thesmophoria of Demeter. Continuing on Pindarou Street at its junction with Antigonis Street, there is ...