One night in 373 BCE, the earth beneath the Greek city of Helike groaned and cracked. As homes crumbled and temples collapsed ...

Travelers have been reading with rising interest the articles about Greece by PHOEBE LOU ADAMS, a member of the ATLANTIC staff who last spring made an independent exploration of the Greek mainland ...

A member of the ATLANTIC’S editorial staff , with a love for antiquity, Phoebe Lou Adams conducted a one-woman exploration of the Greek Islands and the mainland in the spring of the year.

In the center of Siena, Italy, a cathedral has stood for nearly 800 years. A black-and-white layer cake of heavy stone, fine-cut statuary, and rich mosaics, the imposing structure—now visited by ...