For most of the Parthenon's years as a mosque, Muslims conducted their worship beneath numerous Christian paintings and the large mosaic of ... coated iron the ancient Greeks had used, Balanos's ...

Vatican and Microsoft team up to create an AI-generated 3D model of St. Peter's Basilica, offering virtual tours.

A volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, but an avalanche of tourists has caused officials to ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location ... The significant Greek influence on the architecture was also apparent. Petra fell within ...

We also created a lot of mosaics - the art of using tiny pieces of coloured glass or stone to create pictures on floors or walls. Stunning. You can find out a lot about Ancient Greece from the ...

Local officials said scholars first found evidence of a villa at the site more than a century ago A Roman mosaic floor has ... the coronavirus pandemic. Greece's famous Acropolis reopened to ...

“Man’s best friend” has been a faithful companion to humans throughout history but some of the most famous ... from the ancient Greek word for January) was, but it’s likely to have been a type of ...

In ancient Greece ... importance of the feast to classical Greek culture. Like Xenophon’s earlier work, Plato’s is also set at the dinner party of a famous Athenian poet.

Cyprus, also known as the Isle of Aphrodite (Goddess of Love), is a sunny island at the far eastern edge of the Mediterranean ...

Aegean beaches, ancient Greek and Roman cities ... Riva are the ones that nearly wrecked the Argonauts’ ship. Serving famous Black Sea tea at the Çeçeva Köyü plantation in the hills above ...