This sixth-century church housed an icon with eyes so beautiful legend has it they inspired the name of a Greek city.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

Preserved portions of Athens's ancient defenses are on display in a subterranean parking garage.

Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.

This small chapel holds the mummified heart of one of the heroes of the Greek Revolution.

A closer look at this somewhat faded hotel by the Corinth Canal reveals the architectural undertones of a genius.

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Get hands on with the technological marvels of the Classical world.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

A historic building houses one of the most important archaeological institutes in Europe.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

The ruins of an ancient mansion sits in front of and underneath a contemporary art gallery.