Sparta, a Greek cafe in Yokohama, is ancient, at least by the standards of Greek restaurants in Japan. The eatery, which opened in 1953, claims to be the oldest Greek restaurant in the country. Its ...

That weapon alone is forged out of several raw materials, such as iron and bauxite, which Israel would have to import, should ...

Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Laconia, in the Peloponnese. It was known for its military ...

This is the latest edition of our series on underrated destinations, It’s Still a Big World. Few foreigners realize that Sparta still exists. The ancient city-state, which walked the line between ...

ONE rainy June afternoon I found myself in Sparta. The modern Sparta is called a thriving town, and as a token of its thrift the good people were grading some of the principal streets, and it was hard ...

Many of us have heard of the unusual practices of Sparta, the war-obsessed, ancient Greek society. Let's be real: many of us learned them from the notorious 2006 film, 300. While the movie, and our ...

Archaeologists discover palace with archaic inscriptions built during the Mycenaean period Archaeologists in Greece have discovered the ruins of an ancient palace with important archaic inscriptions ...

The recent discovery of the ancient palace near Sparta might help archaeologists provide an insight into one of the most mysterious civilizations in Greek history. Greek Ministry of Culture A team of ...