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 ...

Dating back to 1200 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 ...

Calling all history buffs! Add this underrated town near Naples to your bucket list to see ancient Greek ruins in an ...

It once housed the Oracle of Delphi, also called the Pythia ... Delphi became the database of the ancient world." There are also some impressive ruins of the 8th-century Sanctuary of Apollo ...

Hugh Bowden concludes that ancient Athens was not a secular Westernized democracy as we understand the term today. "With Bowden's reminder of the centrality of religion in Athens, the 2,500-year-old ...