Ancient Greece

Solon, an Athenian statesman (left) laid the foundations for democracy

Your guide to... the history of democracy

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Sculpture dedicated to king Leonidas of the Spartans in Thermopylae, Greece.

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The tomb of Pharaoh Djoser, built at Saqqara

Timeline: the evolution of ancient empires

The Parnethon, Athens

How to build a democracy (Athenian-style)

Athenian red-figure cup showing a seated man with a naked boy in the inside tondo, 470 BC

What was pederasty in ancient Greece?

Colourised print of the Lighthouse of Alexandria as imagined in the 18th century

General ancient history

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: what were they, and what happened to them?

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Tholos of Delphi in Greece. (Photo by Dreamstime)

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Alexander the Great

Where is Alexander the Great buried? And other questions about his death…

York Minster's rose window features 16th-century Tudor Roses white on red (left) and Lancastrian Roses, red

A brief history of the English rose

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Illustration of Alexander the Great marching to war (Illustration by Sue Gent_

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Bottle of 'love potion'

General ancient history

Spanish fly, holy bread and mashed worms: history’s weirdest aphrodisiacs and love potions

Portrait of John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (Lord Lucan), who disappeared in 1974 following a bloody homicide

The curious case of Lord Lucan + 10 other mysterious disappearances from history

A sculpture dedicated to King Leonidas of the Spartans in Thermopylae, Greece. (Photo by iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Q&A Were there really only 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae?

Medieval trepanning

General prehistory

Q&A What is trepanning?

The Venus de Milo sculpture

Q&A When was the Venus de Milo found?