The mass poisoning of the city of Kirrha, south of Delphi, around 595 BC, stands out in ancient Greece for its chilling scale ...

The pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, where the oracle of Apollo spoke, was the site of the omphalos, the 'navel of the world'. Blending harmoniously with the superb landscape and charged with sacred ...

The small garden now features thousands of roses, violets, cherry trees and vines. Experts think a perfumer may have once ...

But almost no one has heard of Paestum. This ancient Greek city, formerly known as Poseidonia, thrived for two centuries between 600 and 400 BCE; to put this in context, this period overlapped ...

THE ANCIENT SITE OF DELPHI.; A PLAN TO BUY IT FOR PURPOSES OF INVESTIGATION. Share full article. Nov. 28, 1889. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Dating back to 1400 BC, the Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece, and in theory all Greeks respected its independence. Built around a sacred spring, Delphi was considered ...

Revealing the hidden lives of ancient Greek women. New research is uncovering a richer, more complex picture of women's roles as wives, priestesses, and scholars in ancient Greece.

by Rick Steves, November 7, 2023 | Delphi, Epidavros and Mycenae are all within three hours of Athens—and all are well worth the trek on a trip to Greece. Read more here.

While traveling to the city of Delphi, his clever criticisms so annoyed the citizenry that they threw him off a cliff. Displeased, the gods punished Delphi with blight and disease. That biography ...