Greek Reporter

How Spices Shaped Ancient Greek Civilization

Spices, often overlooked, played a pivotal role in shaping Ancient Greek civilization. From the bustling markets of Athens to ...
Yahoo

How ideas from ancient Greek philosophy may have driven civilization toward climate change

Wildfires driven by increasing winds and unprecedented heat surrounded Athens, Greece, this past summer, blanketing its ancient marble monuments and olive groves with ash and acrid smoke. These are ...
Greek Reporter

The Snake Goddess and the Minoans’ Mysterious Rituals

The Minoans of Bronze Age Crete were unique in the Mediterranean for their rituals, including those pertaining to the snake ...
CounterPunch

The Bronze Age Origins of Greek Civilization

Bronze has been an important metal for millennia. Some two thousand years of Greek history come under the Bronze Age, 3,100 – 1,000 years BCE. This was a time of enormous creativity and courage when ...
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When Greeks became Buddhists: Inside the lost Indo Greek kingdom

Greek names carved into Buddhist caves in India reveal a forgotten chapter of ancient history. After Alexander’s invasion, Greek rulers and settlers did not simply vanish but became patrons, converts, ...
CounterPunch

Greek Traditions – Backbone of Civilization

All traditions are human inventions that last briefly or, sometimes, forever. Some of those innovations are extremely useful, and last, others vanish, only to be replaced by better alternatives. We ...
The American Conservative

When Greece Was Rich—and Why

Did political decentralization foster classical civilization? That is one of the central claims of this fascinating new work of analytical history by the Stanford political scientist and classicist ...