Ancient Agora is the most popular of its kind, thanks in part to its historical significance. Socrates used to lecture here, and it was also here that Saint Paul sought out converts for the then ...

Ephesus is an ancient Greco-Roman city founded around the ... This way, one could always convince his wife, shopping at the agora, that he was going to the library to read while actually spending ...

How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the masses The sun illuminated the stadium in Ephesus, a wealthy harbor city in western Anatolia, on a day of eagerly anticipated gladiatorial ...

Ruins at Iassos today include the ancient theater, the necropolis, the agora (the ancient Greek marketplace ... Temple of Artemis up the coast at Ephesus, was one of the Seven Wonders of the ...

The Seven Youths hid themselves in a certain cave near Ephesus in the year 250, to escape the persecution of Decius. By divine grace, a sleep came upon them and they slept for 184 years, until the ...

Found in a cremation cemetery in Belgium, the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and a Roman-era skull, according to a new study Sonja Anderson The 4,500-year-old pyramids of ...

He passed through all the degrees of the priesthood, and was finally advanced to the dignity of Archbishop and the lofty throne of the Metropolis of Ephesus. At the insistence of Emperor John ...

Trace history back to ancient times during your holiday to Izmir. Visit the Agora of Smyrna (also known as the Agora of Izmir) to marvel at 2,500-year-old arches and plazas. Or take the 50-minute bus ...

The release of Cecil B. DeMille’s Samson and Delilah in 1949 heralded the return of the ancient world to the screen. It’s a movie filled with blood, desire, and a doomed romance, as the ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...