We are transported back to the year 500 BCE to meet Aspasia of Miletus - one of the most important women in Athens - to find out about everyday life in Ancient Greece. Our civilisation is known ...

Ancient Greek ruins of the Temple of Apollo and theatre in the ancient town of Delphi. Most people lived in villages or in the countryside. Many Greeks were poor and life was hard, because ...

Sean Thomas finds that Greece's Vikos Gorge, the world's deepest canyon by some measures, has fine walking trails that take ...

According to ancient records, the famous Greek writer and speaker Gorgias of Leontini lived to be over a hundred years old. He was born in 485 BC and died around 380 BC.

The division of the population into distinct social classes varied across different city-states, kingdoms and polities in ...

Anyone with Holiday as their surname is bound to have a sunny disposition, is what I told myself ahead of interviewing Ryan ...

Pavlopetri in Greece is a small islet off the coast of Laconia in the southern Peloponnese. Deep into the Mediterranean Sea, ...

In a rare discovery, archaeologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved house in ancient Pompeii adorned with frescoes of ...

Ancient Greek general Phocion, elected 45 times for his leadership, achieved major military triumphs but met a tragic end.

A golden sun and immortal bird ornament, along with a massive bronze mask and altar from the Sanxingdui and Jinsha ruins in ...

Today, it houses the Museum of the Ancient Agora, displaying artifacts that provide insight into daily Athenian life. The Stoa’s architecture, with its series of columns and intricate stonework, is ...

They provide quality, luxury accommodation - our suite offers a daily cleaning ... Unlike so many areas in Greece it doesn’t feel like it’s been set up specifically for tourists. Here you get a feel ...