Rain fell in sheets on the broken columns and stone blocks. I stood on the ancient ground where Agamemnon, Socrates and Cicero, among others, had humbly stood, hoping to get answers to their big ...

Greek mythology tells how Zeus released two eagles at opposite ends of the world and they met at Delphi. Thus it was considered by the ancient Greeks to be at the very centre of the world. Over time ...

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 ...

The pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, where the oracle of Apollo spoke, was the site of the omphalos, the 'navel of the world'. Blending harmoniously with the superb landscape and charged with sacred ...

The Oracle at Delphi is referenced throughout Greek myths and history. Supposedly she was rendered psychic by Apollo. Practically, she was off her skull on gas that seeped out of the fissures of the ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Something in the ancient Greek temple of Delphi made its priestess high enough to believe she ...

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