In Sicily, Palermo, Syracuse and Catania, the three main cities on the Italian island, are attractive destinations for their ...

Successively colonised by the Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans, Sicily is packed with ancient treasures to discover. From ...

Archaeologists have discovered multiple artifacts depicting ancient Greek deities in the ancient city of Finziade in Sicily.

Born in Syracuse, Sicily (then part of Greece), in about 287 B.C., Archimedes traveled to Egypt at the age of 18 to study at the great library of Alexandria. Upon completing his studies ...

physicist and inventor born sometime around 287 B.C. in the Greek colony of Syracuse in Sicily. He is known to this day for his statement: “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to ...

While you may be in Sicily, Hotel Des Étrangers’ Greek-style spa treatments are ... Located on the oldest part of Syracuse on the island of Ortigia, the hotel’s palatial exterior seems ...

A virgin and martyr of Syracuse in Sicily, whose feast is celebrated on ... seems to indicate that she was of Greek heritage. Like so many of the early martyrs, Lucy had consecrated her virginity ...

Selected Essays from the 7th Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Hellenic Heritage of Sicily and Southern Italy OPEN ACCESS 2023 Plato at Syracuse: Essays on Plato in Western Greece with a new ...