The Parthenon is an incredible example of ancient Greek architecture and while it is in ruins (comparatively speaking) today, ...

Ancient Greeks used a primitive type of lifting machine to move heavy stones before they began using cranes 2,500 years ago.

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

Athens-based independent scholar Demetrius Savvides has shown that in Amphipolis, northern Greece, where the Kastas Monument ...

Ancient composers were aware of this problem and meticulously ... This play between linearity and curvature is also reflected in Greek architecture. The Parthenon, for example, appears to be made of ...

Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been ... began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity.

The theater was eventually abandoned, but remains an emblematic example of ancient Greek architecture and cultural life in the Ionian region. The excavation team includes archaeologists Vivian ...

Both Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler particularly praised the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, and the idea of white classical statues was useful in the conceptualization of ...

The Greek municipality of Tenea boasts a rich ancient history—and the archaeological ... combined with the votive offerings and architecture found outside the monument, “clearly point to ...

A 61-year-old tourist is facing a decade behind bars in Greece after stealing an ancient marble column. The German man was arrested at the port of Patras after allegedly attempting to smuggle the ...

The wisdom of the ancient Greek philosophers has inspired and guided countless civilizations for many centuries. One such scholarly man is Heraclitus, who lived from 540 BCE to 480 BCE.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome has long been referenced, from the temple-like façades ...