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This Corinthian landmark's importance is clear, though questions surround the temple's extensive past, from worship to practical use in ancient times.

On a sacred site near Miletus, the Temple of Apollo at Didyma brought pilgrims, hosted festivals, and dispensed advice from the oracle through the fourth century AD.

Corinth was home to many landmarks and monuments that proved historically significant from Ancient times through the Christian era.

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was built by the Achmaenid Dynasty in the Persian Empire to honour the goddess Artemis.

Said to be the center of the world or the navel of the earth in ancient times, Delphi is a mystical site on Mt. Parnassus in Greece.

Spend seven days enjoying UNESCO World Heritage sites, cheap hotels and food. Christian travelers love Rila Monastery, and rare church cave art. End up at a Black Sea Spa

While traveling through Turkey, a stop at the great Roman city of Hierapolis on the famous white cliffs of Pamukkale hot springs is a must.

Even if the only Italian you speak is buon giorno, taking a day trip to Pompeii from Rome is quick and uncomplicated by bus or by train.

More than lovely beaches, mountains, wine and food, incredible churches and monasteries, Cyprus entices with the amazingly rich heritage of its ancient city-kingdoms.

Alceste (Alcestis) by Christoph Willibald von Gluck: plot summary, character list, and other C.W. Gluck opera information.

Like Nicolas Poussin, Claude became one of the most revered artists of the 17th century and this classicist landscape is a firm fixture of western canon of art.

The wide-ranging reforms of Augustus encompassed military, social, political, and religious elements that left a long term legacy of Roman peace and prosperity.

Half man half horse, the Centaur Cheiron was, unlike his violent fellow Centaurs, a wise, benevolent creature that lived in the wooded mountains of Thessaly, Greece.

Seven Wise Men (or "sages") helped Greece to rise up out of one of the darkest periods of its history. They helped the Greeks learn how to think.