Nia Vardalos' connects again with her Greek heritage as her romantic comedy "My Life in Ruins" does a location shoot on the Acropolis, a feat that is unprecedented for a Hollywood movie, BORYS KIT ...

MR. LOCKYER has made out I think quite satisfactorily that the Egyptian temples were so oriented that the rising or setting of some conspicuous star on or near the axis of the temple, and visible from ...

This summer a team of archaeologists resumed their work on a site dating back to around 600BC, known for its three ...

With the famed ruins of Pompeii looming large in people’s imaginations, many of Italy’s smaller and lesser-known ancient sites often are overlooked. One such place is Paestum, a long-ago Greek colony ...

On Saturday, a rare event will occur in the history of the 2,500-year-old Acropolis of Athens, and it involves Nia Vardalos, the writer-actress who became the face of Greek culture through her ...

A new study published in the journal Antiquity makes the argument that temples in ancient Greece had ramps that were specifically designed to serve people with disabilities. If true, this would mean, ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Paestum found the ruins of two sacred Greek temples built atop each other, photos show. Photo from the Italian Ministry of Culture On the edge of an ...

Ancient Greeks were ahead of the curve in a lot of ways—including, it seems, issues of accessibility. A new archaeological study has found that stone ramps on some ancient buildings were likely built ...

Entering the temple, ancient worshipers passed under several sets of watchful marble eyes. The stone statues once gazed across a bustling settlement. Millennia later, the fragmented figures are the ...

Some of the most well-preserved Greek temples in the world — such as Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples — are in Sicily. Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli It may lack the Botticellis, Guccis, and touristic ...

Archaeologists in Greece recently excavated the partially submerged ruins of an ancient building. Inside, they found coins, pottery and a statue of a god. Photo from the Ministry of Culture Partially ...

Partially submerged beneath cerulean water lie the ruins of a colossal building dating back thousands of years. The stone structure stretches seaward from the coast of Salamis Island, about 15 miles ...