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

“Although there were many important sanctuaries and public spaces in Athens and across Attica,” says classical art historian Jeffrey Hurwit of the University of Oregon, “the Acropolis stands ...

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

I sometimes wonder if the temples of the Acropolis, created to glorify Athens, stand now as a reproof of what the city has become in modern times, like the fading photograph of an ancestor ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Once you're inside the Acropolis Museum, look for the famous caryatids – a collection of marble statues that were replaced by copies on the Erechtheion for the purpose of ...

The Acropolis is a sacred hill in the heart of ... Yet Hagia Sophia still stands, the ancient jewel in the crown of Istanbul.