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

The footpaths that link the isolated mountain settlements of Zagori offer some of the most spectacular hiking in the whole of ...

Fall from these structures, as monks often did during their perilous, devotion-proving construction, and you’d have many ...

The Greeks once resisted the Turks ... As the story “Two Cities, Two Europes” in the March issue of National Geographic shows, the deep roots of national experience are shaping these countries ...

Discover the dramatic caves, storied monasteries and hands-on activities that make the south of Zakynthos such a family-friendly Greek getaway.

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... them—not to the beat of drums, but as the Greek historian Thucydides explains, “to the ...

National Geographic just revealed an in-depth guide to 31 Greek islands to check out this year and Santorini didn't crack the top 15. 2025 is the year to tap into your sense of wanderlust and ...

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