The Ancient Greek Dark Ages came after the powerful Mycenaean Era. But what actually were the Greek Dark Ages, and how did they end?

Most historians believe the Greek Dark Ages followed the Mycenaean Era of Greece, but some disagree. What does the evidence really show?

The roots of ancient Greece stretch deep into a mythical past. The first episode of this five-part series traces these origins. In the 2nd millennium BC, the Minoans and Mycenaeans rose as Europe’s ...

Western civilization arose in Greece in the 8th century BC, when some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate, 400-year Dark Age. That chaos followed the utter collapse of the palatial ...