Ancient Greek sites are always must-see attractions on any European holiday, but travel expert Rick Steves says some of the ...

They lived in mainland Greece and the Greek islands, but also in colonies scattered around the ... Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium. In 800BC, almost 300 years after the Dark Age began ...

As it happens, the ancient Greeks had a colonial phase, known as "Magna Graecia," when they sailed around the Mediterranean and built colonies in unlikely places, such as Sicily and North Africa.

One major reason why ancient Greece was dominated by small city-states ... sea provided the Greeks with an opportunity to found new colonies in times of crisis and overpopulation.

(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy ... transforming the region’s society and economy. As Roman trade, colonies and shipping ...

The ancient Greeks often decorated their bronze cauldrons, used to honor the gods, with the head of a griffin, whose visage is that of an eagle but whose body is that of a lion. On its website ...

They lived in mainland Greece and the Greek islands, but also in colonies scattered around the ... Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium. In 800BC, almost 300 years after the Dark Age began ...