Archaeologists in Stratonikeia, Turkey, uncovered a rare Greco-Roman library, revealing ancient architecture and centuries of ...

In ancient Greece, the portico -- stoa in Greek -- was a long, open structure that often housed shops and delineated public squares from the city -- the agora. "Porticos are well known from the ...

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. ... This covered portico, or stoa, is totally rebuilt so we can better imagine it in action. Crowds would gather here to shop, ...

An ancient portico -- a long, open structure often housing shops -- unearthed in northern Greece has been dated at 2,700 years old, Canadian archaeologists say.

AT MONTE SAN GIULIANO; Explorations Within and Without Sicily's Most Ancient Town. THE TEMPLE OF VENUS ERYCINA Inexpugnable Acropolis of Eryx's Walls and Gates -- Portico and Vestibule of the Old ...