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 ...

Despite initial impressions, ancient Greek temples were not built to impress 21st-century tourists; they were made to house ...

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Today, Greece remains one of the world’s top olive ... is an ideal starting point for any gourmand’s adventure. Near the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, a new kind of sanctuary is drawing olive ...

The Temple of Hera, home to the frontrunner of the Olympic Games, is one of the oldest religious sanctuaries in Greece. Lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame for the 2018 Winter Olympics in ...

A series of earthquakes between AD 956 and 1333 left it in ruins, and in 1477, the Citadel of Qaitbay was built on its remains ... gold and ivory plated statue of Zeus stood within the Temple of Zeus ...

though their artist remains unknown. But the pièce de résistance appeared inside the temple itself. An aerial view of the ruins of the Temple of Zeus in the sanctuary of Olympia, with the ...

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 ... although some attribute it to Phidias, ...

Hostilities were banned during the period around the Games to ensure safe passage for those travelling to and from Olympia ... from the temple of Hera to the temple of Zeus along with several ...

The games were held every four years at Olympia, a site in Western Greece that had a famous temple to the god Zeus. The games started in mid-August and were part of a religious festival dedicated ...