The ancient Greek orator Dio Chrysostom (1st-2nd century CE) said in his speech To the People of Alexandria that there were two kinds of democracy: one good and one bad. According to Dio, one form of ...

Archaeologists can use the design of ancient temples, plazas, and cities to piece together the story of how a place was ...

In the shadow of the Acropolis, a revolutionary idea changed the course of human society. Over 2,500 years ago, the ancient Greek city-state of Athens pioneered something at a scale never seen before ...