Discover the secrets of Delphi's Oracle as new geological findings reveal the impact of fault lines on ancient Greek spirituality. Learn about the role of ethylene and other hydrocarbons in creating ...

THE BEAUTY OF travel has always been its unpredictability but, in the Covid era, unpredictable has taken on new meaning. In November 2021, finding myself able to travel again and desperate to escape ...

DELPHI, Greece — The steep, rocky slopes of Mount Parnassus seem to scrape the sky above me. I’m standing among the ruins of one of the most famous places in the ancient world. There’s something ...

The famous priestess of Ancient Greece, known as Pythia, could enter into a prophetic trance under the influence of natural ethylene gas rising from tectonic faults under the temple. This was reported ...

WE are inclined, and not without reason, to regard the story of the Greeks, in spite of their many priceless achievements for mankind, as in a sense tragic, after all. Though some of the Hellenic ...

In 1892, a massive undertaking known as "the Great Excavation" began to relocate the village of Kastri, clearing the way for the rediscovery of the ancient Sanctuary of Delphi. This extensive ...