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

According to a press release from the Italian Ministry of Culture, two Greek temples in the Doric style were discovered in the western area of the ancient city of Poseidonia Paestum in Italy.

Archaeologists working near the coastal village of Samikon have unearthed a monumental temple complex in the Western Peloponnese. Researchers believe this site was dedicated to Poseidon, the powerful ...

Millennia later, the fragmented figures are the last occupants on an uninhabited Greek ... ruins dating from the Iron Age to the eighth century A.D. While excavating near a ruined temple for ...

Located in Agrigento in southwest Sicily, this more than 2,000-acre archeological site dates back to the sixth century B.C. and includes the remains of numerous Greek temples. A highlight is the ...

The greatest collection of Greek temples anywhere looms on a sea-gazing hillside outside Agrigento. Its centrepieces is the stunning Temple of Concordia, but six other temples stand in various ...

These kinds of hearths were usually found outside the temples in ancient Greek sanctuaries—indoor versions are uncommon. On these stone platforms, sacrificial fires would have once consumed the ...

You can now get a sense of the awe-inspiring Parthenon in all its former glory thanks to a multiyear endeavor merging history ...

Could one of the lost temples be the Hekatompedon drawn by Mikon? A crucial part of the puzzle is an Ancient Greek democratic decree dating from the time before the Persian attack and the building ...