At the heart of the map sits Babylon, positioned as the center of existence. This mirrored how many ancient cultures perceived their own cities—whether Athens, Jerusalem, or Rome—as the focal ...

Constant expansion has introduced a sense of modernism to this ancient city. You will most likely spend the majority of your stay within central Athens near all of the city's well-known attractions.

Altogether there were over 1500 city-states in the Greek world, but some of these would barely qualify as towns in modern terms. Even Athens, by far the largest of all city-states, only contained ...