In fact, entasis is the Greek word for tension or swelling. The kinds of optical refinements that we detect in the architecture of the Parthenon were far older than the fifth century. In the sixth ...

During the past 2,500 years, the Parthenon—the apotheosis of ancient Greek architecture—has been rocked by earthquakes, set on fire, shattered by exploding gunpowder, looted for its stunning ...

Millions of people have explored ancient Greece's golden ratio, a magical number that has fascinated experts and amateurs for ...

The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced that archaeologists have fully uncovered the ancient Greek theater of Lefkada, ...

It would be another three centuries before Rome absorbed the Greek city-states into its own ... developing huge monumental architecture, hieroglyphic writing, and a solar calendar more accurate ...

Classicist Dr Michael Scott uncovers the strange, alien world of the ancient Greeks. He asks who were these people who gave us democracy, architecture, philosophy, language, literature and sport.

The playwright Euripides introduces us to the various forms of Ancient Greek architecture, theatre and culture. Art. Theatre. Architecture. We Ancient Greeks are very, very creative. Take me for ...

Hidden in a corner against the woods lies a scene from ancient Greece behind the University of Connecticut campus.