Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...

Athens came out as a top contender in this year's Post Office City Costs Barometer, which ranked Greece’s historical capital as the fifth best-value city in Europe. Hotels in Athens are of ...

The humble fish, or ichthys (ἰχθύς) in Greek, was a symbol that played a crucial role in the early years of Christian history ...

A forgotten structure buried under four meters of soil has just been brought back to light in western Turkey. First uncovered ...

Ruined castles, buried cities, ancient temples... The Old World is strewn with ancient ruins that tell the countless stories of past civilisations. From the Mediterranean to the far north, these ...

Eunapius of Sardis, a Greek historian and rhetorician who lived between the 4th and 5th centuries AD, wrote a Life of the ...

Alice sees the spectacular city of Ephesus that has been beautifully preserved. Travelling to the next location, she is saddened to see that an important historic rock carving from an empire before ...

I left my hometown Napa a number of years ago, and now here I am cruising some of the most historic ports in Europe and all ...

The various levels of the Celestyal Crystal are named after Greek gods and goddesses; from Athena on deck 2 up to Zeus on ...

The Ionian League, was a confederation of twelve Ionian Greek city-states located along the coast of Asia Minor.

Greek and Roman religion venerated one plurality of gods, heroesbut also personifications of abstract concepts. The ancient religion he was ...

A guide to Greece’s top all inclusive hotels – from excellent resorts in Crete and Corfu to untouched stretches of the mainland.