Have you ever been so high that time ceased to flow? That both past and future overlapped and the present became magical? Suddenly, you possessed insight into reality, the universe, or parallel ...

Visiting the Oracle at Delphi is nothing short of soul-stirring. So is retracing the path that ancient visitors took to get there. Credit...Maria Mavropoulou for The New York Times Supported by By Liz ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). According to Greek mythology, long ago, Zeus, king of the gods, sent two eagles around the world: one east, one west. The place where ...

New science suggests Delphis most famous figure the Oracle may have been influenced not just by gods, but by the mountain beneath her feet.

Relying on clues from the past, a team of 19th-century archaeologists uncovered Delphi, the site where ancient Greeks asked questions, and Apollo answered them. All the World's a StageExcavated ...

When traveling in a country as old as Greece, ancient ruins can quickly go from magnificent to mind-numbing. Great — yet another nameless hill with more stony remnants of people from centuries past.

The TV show Percy Jackson and the Olympians closely follows the plot of the books, including the role of the Oracle of Delphi, who provides riddle-like prophecies to guide the characters on their ...

Julia Kindt receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC). In a time and place that offered few career opportunities for women, the job of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi stands out.

In the Amfissa Valley, an ancient footpath winds through thousand-year-old olive groves to the ancient ruins of Delphi — and a haunting cave shrouded in legend and folklore. According to Greek ...