The seat is across from the entrance to the Villa of the Mysteries, a large property full of beautiful frescoes located just ...

Walking through the streets of Athens, you come across buildings from bygone eras, great monuments and attractions that take ...

Through my research collaboration with design scholar Ron Eglash, author of “ African Fractals ,” I discovered that the design style that undergirds much of the graphic design profession today – the ...

Archaeological findings and architectural elements provide evidence that a sun worship cult existed at Delphi.

Since last June, a meticulous urban archaeology project carried out in the historic center of Lecce, in the southeastern tip of Italy, has been rewriting the darkest chapters of the city’s history, ...

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...

With its picturesque towns built into the cliffs, dramatic rocky coastline, and glamorous resorts, the Amalfi Coast tends to steal the spotlight, but just south of it lies Cilento, an area full of ...

Ancient Greek and Roman myths power diverse new games across genres and styles. Sequels and remakes (Hades 2, Titan Quest 2, Age of Mythology: Retold) modernize mythic gameplay. Indie and AAA titles ...

The Jagdish Photo Studio in Manori appeared to Ketaki Sheth as a kind of apparition. A photographer from Mumbai, Sheth owns a home in the coastal village, about a sixty-kilometre drive north of the ...

“Patmos,” by Hamish Bowles, was originally published in the July 2011 issue of Vogue. For more of the best from Vogue’s archive, sign up for our Nostalgia newsletter here. The volcanic island of ...

In the Amfissa Valley, an ancient footpath winds through thousand-year-old olive groves to the ancient ruins of Delphi — and a haunting cave shrouded in legend and folklore. According to Greek ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). According to Greek mythology, long ago, Zeus, king of the gods, sent two eagles around the world: one east, one west. The place where ...