Avoid the masses at Mykonos. The best cities in Greece are brimming with fascinating history, imposing castles, secluded beaches, and plenty of ouzo. Instead of fighting against throngs of tourists ...

European streets, buildings, and monuments preserve layered testimony to the continent’s earliest urban civilizations. Among ...

At the entrance to the Peloponnese, the city of Argos in Greece stands as a living witness to the ancient world. Four thousand years of history are etched in its stones, its streets still murmur with ...

Cartledge, professor of Greek culture at the University of Cambridge, has created an intriguing overview of Greek history by providing synopses of 11 key city-states, each representing a different ...

Neolithic towns and villages in the Near East -- Early Sumerian cities -- Mesopotamian cities in the late third and second millennia BC -- Cities of the Indus Valley civilization -- Egypt of the ...