Greek Revival is a style of architecture inspired by the symmetry ... the Greek War of Independence (1821-1832), and by Greek culture, art, and philosophy. They began to reject the Federal ...

NOVA: What is the Parthenon's legacy for western civilization ... Q: Do you see a general connection between Greek architecture and the human body? Hurwit: There is no question that the Greeks ...

Demystifying the formative stages of Greek architecture, he traces how temples were transformed ... While the book's primary focus is architectural, it also draws on non-architectural material culture ...

The palace at Knossos on Crete was an important centre for the Minoan civilization DNA is shedding light on the people who built Greece's earliest civilizations. Researchers analysed genetic data ...

This vibrant Greek island looks like something out of a fairytale, where you can avoid crowds, enjoy beaches, and learn about ...

Explore how Nazi ideology appropriated ancient Greece and Plato's philosophy, distorting them to fit their racial and ...

Alexander the Great is one of the legendary conquerors of ancient history who sparked the imagination of generations of ...

"Greektowns" are special locales across the United States where the Greek American community has left an especially big mark.

The Greek photographer captures the beauty of 21st-century traditional dress within natural and architectural surroundings.

Greek civilization was very different form the ... public debates, politics, architecture, sculpture, comedy and drama. Their writing was phonetic, meaning it could be read out loud; a much ...

To make a serious comparison between Confucianism and ancient Greek philosophy, one must look further back, to the many ...

Advocates of Western civilization are right saying we ... such claims with museums packed with stolen beautiful Greek art, statues, architecture, codes of law, imitation of the Greek tragic ...