Archaeologists Find Ancient Statue of Apollo That Probably Adorned a Magnificent Fountain The marble bust sheds new light on the layered history of a 2,000-year-old Greek city ...

The ancient city was founded in 631 B.C. by Greek settlers from the island of Thera in the Aegean Sea—a part of the eastern ... sanctuaries and fountains dedicated to the Greek gods, ...

What was it like to live in ancient Greece? ... This water jar from around 500BC shows a 'fountain-house'. Women came here to fill jars with water to carry home on their heads.

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.