The construction ingenuity of Athens' Parthenon has enabled it to miraculously survive natural disasters such as earthquakes.

The ancient Greeks worked subtle curves into the columns, architraves ... workers cut 100,000 tons of marble from Pentelicon. The quarry remains a rich source of marble even today.

A meal at this Greek restaurant is uneven, but it’s a solid option for escaping the overrun tourist spots in Union Square.

Three different designs of ancient Greek columns. The Greeks believed that ... Sculptors carved lifelike marble statues and decorated them with brightly-coloured paints. To make them even more ...

The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral around a 126-foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan’s Column.