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Demetrios Ioannou

Demetrios Ioannou is an independent journalist and documentary photographer based between Athens and Istanbul. His work has appeared in a variety of local and international publications, such as the New York Times, National Geographic, BBC Travel, the Economist, NPR, Politico and the Daily Beast.

Stories from this author

A surviving section of the Themistoclean Wall, built in the fifth century B.C.E., is hidden underground on Athens' Dragatsaniou Street.

See the Historic Ruins Hidden Inside Everyday Buildings in Athens

Houses and businesses across the Greek capital incorporate—or obscure—structures spanning the city’s ancient, Byzantine, medieval and Ottoman eras