The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited world sites, but what stood on top of it before the construction of the ...

The construction ingenuity of Athens' Parthenon has enabled it to miraculously survive natural disasters such as earthquakes.

The acropolis, awesome and aloof on its limestone mesa above hectic modern Athens, is so integral to the texts of our history books—and the subtexts of our imaginations—that it is one of those ...

Holly D. Johnson As its name suggests, the Acropolis Museum – which resides in central Athens' Makrigianni district just below the ancient site itself – houses various archaeological findings ...

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 ...

The Acropolis is a sacred hill in the heart of Athens with the Parthenon at its peak. Beside it is a smaller temple known as the Erechtheion, named after Erechtheus, a mythical king of Athens.

From September, a cap on visitor numbers will be introduced at the Acropolis in Athens. A maximum of 20,000 visitors will be allowed into the UNESCO World Heritage Site daily. There will also be a ...

When you think about an image of Greece, it's likely that you envision the Acropolis ... In fact, they're all within three ...

Educational documentary by Robiros Manthoulis Fotis Mestheneou and Iraklis Papadakis shot under the archaeological guidance of Yiannis Miliadis Director of the Acropolis Museum who is also the ...

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