The sanctuary’s location near Samikon aligns with descriptions provided by the ancient historian Strabo. In his work Geographica, Strabo described a Poseidon temple situated in a “grove of ...

A team of Austrian and Greek archaeologists working in Southern Greece discover the temple of Poseidon recorded by Strabo. This unrelated ancient statue of the god is outside Athens. Photo by ...

Researchers believe this site was dedicated to Poseidon, the powerful ancient god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses. The temple’s discovery sheds light on how deeply Poseidon's worship shaped ...

Watch as the blue supermoon rises behind the ancient Temple of Poseidon in Cape Sounion, Greece, on Monday 19 August. The rare event is expected to be one of the biggest and brightest moons of the ...

The ancient Greeks may have built Poseidon’s temple here because the area was ... Unlike many in the art world, we are not beholden to large corporations or billionaires. Our journalism is ...

Archaeologists found a ritual wash basin and inscribed tablet at the 2,600-year-old ruins of a long-lost sanctuary for Poseidon ... wash basin found at the ancient temple. Photo from ÖAW ...

ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a unique fusion of ancient heritage and modern art, the spectacular lighting event for the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion took place yesterday ...

Fringed by the Aleppo pines of Sounio National Park – where the remnants of classical kilns and cisterns lie in the shade of ...