A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis has been sold at auction for $545,371 as part of a larger collection of ...

In the funeral games of Patroclus in the “Iliad,” the victor of the wrestling is accorded a tripod worth twelve oxen. Cattle were exchanged in the social institution of dowry. Dowry in ancient Greece ...

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One of the few women in Ancient Greek academe, Hypatia of Alexandria was a renowned philosopher and mathematician — and she was killed because of it. People primarily remember Hypatia of Alexandria, ...

It also seems that beans and cheese were quite popular among them. Step 8: Train the mind A palaestra, or ancient Greek wrestling school, was the site of training not only the body but the mind for ...

Compared to 2024’s wave of protests against overtourism across Europe, in Greece – famed for its ... will include everything from ancient amphoras and tableware, to marble statues and bronze ...

For example, the doctor Aretaeus of Cappadocia (c. 150-200 CE) recommended bathing in sea water, wrestling on sand and living by the sea as therapies for those who get frequent headaches. Visiting ...

wrestling on sand and living by the sea as therapies for those who get frequent headaches. Visiting foreign places was another of the things people in ancient Greece and Rome most enjoyed doing in ...

In 2019, another ancient Greek skull showing evidence of brain surgery was found in Turkey. Researchers believe that surgery was performed to treat a headache. In addition to the medical care these ...

wrestling on sand and living by the sea as therapies for those who get frequent headaches. Travelling abroad Visiting foreign places was another of the things people in ancient Greece and Rome ...