How does an entire city survive and thrive on water for over 1500 years without sinking into the sea? Venice, one of the world’s most iconic cities, holds the secrets of extraordinary engineering that ...

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Despite initial impressions, ancient Greek temples were not built to impress 21st-century tourists; they were made to house ...

Researchers speculate the ancient Greek Dragon Houses may have been used as temples, astronomical observatories, or storage ...

Greece has filed a lawsuit over the alleged violation of a law for the protection of antiquities by what appeared to be a ...

The Parthenon's interior has long been seen as a bright marble space, a new 3D model of the temple shows otherwise.

Archaeologists working near the coastal village of Samikon have unearthed a monumental temple complex in the Western ...

Archaeologists working at the ancient Greek city of Lagina (Greek: Λάγινα), in the historical region of Caria in southwestern ...

Contrary to the traditional image of Greek temples as bright, open spaces, de Lara's research shows that the Parthenon remained dark inside, creating a theatrical atmosphere that selectively ...

The Dolli is a beautifully restored listed building right in the centre of Athens, and many of its 46 high-ceilinged, ...

Sacred geometry found in ancient Greek temples is grounded on the idea that the world is created based on a consistent ...

The area had been inhabited since the Bronze Age by farming communities and was known to the ancient Greeks, which is perhaps why Aeneas, a Trojan prince, is said to have established it around ...