My wife's favourite dessert is crème brûlée, so much so it was the crowning glory of our wedding breakfast. And she's mad on ...

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

Deciding where to stay in Athens can be difficult, with so many choices. Here are the best neighbourhoods and hotels to ...

When the Temple of Zeus—often counted among the Seven Wonders ... A combination of flooding, landslides, and earthquakes buried Olympia underneath several layers of mud and dirt.

Beyond the colossal architecture that often defines Athens, such as the iconic Parthenon and the Temple of Olympian Zeus, lies another facet of its historical appeal: the Athenian Riviera. Once as ...

After successfully staging a landmark ceremony at the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, their leader pledged to fight for the right to conduct baptisms, marriages, and funerals according to the rites ...

In her book “Roman Emperors” (just published by Psychogios), the well-known historian Mary Beard writes: “The Temple of Olympian Zeus (Olympion), the largest temple in ancient Greece ...

Significant damage occurred at the archaeological site of the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the ODAP sales outlet at Louloudadika during a rally in Athens on Friday, February 28. The event marked the ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

A group of researchers from the National Technical University of Athens has conducted an ambitious geophysical study to unravel the hidden mysteries beneath the Temple of Olympian Zeus, one of the ...

The statue of Zeus sitting on a magnificent throne rose about 40 feet inside his temple in the sanctuary of Olympia. It was so large that, according to the geographer Strabo, if Zeus stood up ...

Standing at least 40 feet in height the chryselephantine behemoth stood for power and prestige in the magnificent Temple of Zeus in Olympia. Pliny goes on to say that the sculpture was wreathed with ...