For over 2,500 years, the olive tree of the Acropolis has remained a worthy symbol of Athens, an undying and ancient ...

Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 4th century BCE, when the Battle of Thermopylae took place. It was one of the key ...

Three hundred dancers from 20 countries met on Dionysiou Areopagitou Street under the Acropolis to dance zeibekiko and other Greek dances.

Civilization 7's Antiquity Age has ten civilizations, each with their own distinct and unique units, from Egypt's Medjay to ...

The Cradle of Western Architecture Athens is like a time machine that transports you back to the very roots of Western ...

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners the most attention. In fact, it's routinely referred to simply as "The ...

as at the background is seen smoke from a fire , during a hot, windy day at Acropolis hill, in Athens, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) ...

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...

If you’re into antiquities, you could spend a week wandering among the ruins clustered around the Acropolis ... sculpture garden is a who’s who of Greece’s good and great, their graves ...

Beat the coach parties by clambering up to the Acropolis when the site opens at ... Period details abound, books about Greece line the shelves, and the staff have genuine warmth.

whether that’s the Lindos Acropolis or the charming, higgledy-piggledy streets of the Old Town (the Street of Knights is one of the best preserved mediaeval alleys in Europe). As Greece’s ...