Archaeology

Olympia

In the western Peloponnese, in the “Valley of Gods”, lies the most celebrated sanctuary of ancient Greece, and the birthplace of the most important athletic mega-event of all times; the Olympic Games. Olympia is one athenspath.com

Archaeology

Amphipolis

Archaeologists in Greece find two large marble statues at ancient tomb with possible link to Alexander the Great. Archaeologists excavating a burial mound in northern Greece have found two marble sculptures of female figures and athenspath.com

Museums

Delphi

History At the foot of Mount Parnassos, within the angle formed by the twin rocks of the Phaedriades, lies the Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which had the most famous oracle of ancient Greece. Delphi was athenspath.com

Museums

Museums

Greek culture is one of the most emblematic in the world. The habitation of Greece from deep prehistory, the miracle of classical Greek culture, the glory of Byzantium, and the country’s modern history excite the athenspath.com

Travel

Crete

  Crete: The Island Inside You McCann — Erickson Athens and Indigo View Productions created this video for the launch presentation of the new logo of the island of Crete. Four brushstrokes in the Mediterranean athenspath.com

Μythology

Hera

Hera (Greek Ἥρα) is the wife and one of three sisters of Zeus in the Olympian pantheon of Greek mythology and religion. Her chief function was as the goddess of women and marriage. Her counterpart athenspath.com