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

Built around a sacred spring, it was considered the centre of the world. People came to have their questions about the future answered by the Pythia, the priestess at the Temple of Apollo.

Charles Sandison, Garden of Pythia (work in progress). Courtesy of the artist. PCAI artwork commission Observer caught up with Athanasios Polychronopoulos, the founder of PCAI and a passionate patron ...

Visiting the Oracle at Delphi is nothing short of soul-stirring. So is retracing the path that ancient visitors took to get there. Credit...Maria Mavropoulou for The New York Times Supported by By Liz ...

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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 ...