Kea, called Tzia by most Greeks, is the closest Cycladic island to the Greek capital city of Athens and it known for its low-key beauty.

The Chapel of Corpus Christi in the Toledo Cathedral is also known as the Mozarabic Chapel because Cardinal Cisneros decreed ...

Being able to pass freely between Olympus, the Underworld, and the mortal realm, Hermes fulfilled an important role in Greek ...

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Located between Bolivia and Peru, Lake Titicaca is the world’s highest navigable lake—perched at a dizzying 3,812 meters above sea level. Sacred to the Incas and still home to indigenous communities ...

Held in the ancient Roman city of Jerash every summer, the Jerash Festival of Culture and Arts is Jordan’s most famous ...

Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...

The royals -- who celebrated 20 years of marriage at a state banquet in Rome on Wednesday -- attended a reading of the closing canto of Italian poet Dante Alighieri's most famous work "The ... meet ...

King and Queen visit famous landmarks in Rome during Italy trip Charles and Camilla spent the day touring the Colosseum, as well as being given an official welcome at the Presidential Palace in Rome.

The authority did not list the mark-ups, but the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum which is operated by the Italian Culture Ministry, lists the price for access to the ancient Roman arena at ...

As Pygmalions to the ancient Roman poets, two lifelong classics scholars and teachers, Gilbert Highet (Columbia) and Rolfe Humphries (now a lecturer at New York City’s Hunter College after 32 ...