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There are lots of ancient ruins to see in Greece, unsurprisingly, but European travel guru Rick Steves recommends these three ...
The urge to leave your mark for posterity is nothing new, as ancient Greek graffiti carved into an Egyptian Temple clearly ...
Archaeologists in Selinunte, Italy, have uncovered the sacred chamber of oldest known Greek temple of the ancient city.
The remarkable ancient city of Gela lies on the southern coast of Sicily. Both an agricultural and industrial town, it bears witness to the island’s deep past.
Hekatompedon, ancient Greek for '100-footer,' was the official ancient name for the temple to Athena. But the alphabet used in this graffiti dates it back to the 6th century BC, over 50 years ...
Nearby the ancient Temple of Amarysia Artemis on the country’s second-largest island, archaeologists discovered another temple—this one from the 7th century BC.
Egyptian archaeologists unearthed the remains of an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Egyptian cat goddess Bastet in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, the antiquities department said Tuesday ...
Ancient Greeks living in Sicily built their sacred temples to face the rising sun, new research suggests. Almost all of the temples constructed on the island of Sicily during its Greek period over ...
Current estimates place the temple as dating back to the Hellenistic period—a period of Ancient Greece that started in 323 B.C. and ended in 32 B.C. This picture shows part of an enclosure wall ...