Archaeologists in Agrigento, Sicily just unearthed an ancient classroom where students listened to lectures more than 2,000 years ago. One of the most impressive auditoriums ever built by the ancient ...

This auditorium, which forms part of an impressive gymnasium, illustrates the importance attached to both intellectual and athletic training during this period. The second significant discovery was ...

Archaeologists have discovered the "oldest" auditorium from the ancient Greek world in Sicily. The international team, led by ...

which is part of a vast and monumental Greek gymnasium, confirms the high degree of sophistication reached in the comprehensive education of young citizens in the ancient city of Akragas—the original ...

So far, the school in Agrigento is the only ancient structure in the western ... also came across an inscription indicating that the gymnasium was financed by a citizen who dedicated the structure ...

Photo by Thomas Lappi and Monika Trümper, FU Berlin, Institute of Classical Archaeology Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Greek lecture hall within a gymnasium complex in Italy ...

A newly completed excavation at an ancient gymnasium in Agrigento, Sicily, the modern name for the ancient Greek city of Akragas (Greek: Ἀκράγας), has revealed new finds: a rare roofed auditorium, a ...