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

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 ...

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 ...

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only exception?

Hey Parents! If you have a mythology aficionado in the house or want your kids to discover Greek mythology, check out Nat Geo Kids Greeking Out! It’s a podcast for the whole family that retells ...

For two millennia, UNESCO City of Gastronomy Thessaloniki has been celebrated for its food culture, with flavours imported ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...