Plaka is the most tourist-heavy neighborhood in Athens. Its streets – which have been inhabited for more than 5,000 years – are speckled with ancient monuments, Victorian-era homes ...

A well hidden in the cellar of the Carras family's home Demetrios Ioannou An ancient column jutting out from the roof of a building in Athens Demetrios Ioannou Lydia Carras poses next to a fifth ...

Athens is synonymous with ancient history, democracy, and culturally rich mythology. But this sprawling city, home to 129 neighborhoods across more than 1,000 square miles, has much to offer ...

It sits high above the city on a tall, flat hill (about 500 feet or 150 meters up), right in the middle of Athens. This ancient citadel is home to several historic temples and buildings ...

Many homes didn’t have a bathroom ... A game of flicking nuts into a hole or circle may be the ancient Greek version of marbles or tiddlywinks! They also kept animals. There are pictures ...

This term is significant because in ancient Greek, it means "100-footer"—referring ... It has long been suspected that the Acropolis was home to temples even older than the Parthenon.

New research shows how trade rooted in local resource differences and the conflicts it sparked, made ancient Greek ...

On his return home from the Trojan War ... temple complexes for the healing of body and mind, in the ancient Greek world; the one in Epidaurus was the most important. This place of succor is ...