Was Cyrus the Great really a tolerant conqueror? What Aphrodite tells us about ancient attitudes towards love What Aphrodite tells us about ancient attitudes towards love This ancient script has ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered ... This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Depicted on a tetradrachm, the Olympian Dionysus ...

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... occupies the most sacred ground on Athens’s Acropolis. Ancient Greeks held festivals, sacrifices, games, and ...

One of the best ways to explore mainland Greece is under your own steam, through the myriad activities on offer here. There ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National ... of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia region, situated on the Peloponnesus peninsula in modern Greece ...

Sail along the magnificent isles and rocky coastlines of Greece and Turkey on this voyage designed as part of an exclusive collaboration with Food & Wine magazine. Encounter a mix of Greek ...

It’s a podcast for the whole family that retells stories of Ancient Greece and beyond! Featuring our narrator Kenny Curtis (a 30-year veteran in kids radio) and the Oracle of Wifi (played by ...

Twenty-five years ago, National Geographic Explorer Mei Zhang met Tibetan ... (Related: Rediscovering China’s ancient Tea Horse Road, a branch of the famous Silk Road.) Nuodeng, a former Tea ...

This story appears in the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... translation of a page from a medical treatise by the ancient Greco-Roman physician known as Galen.