Besides the popular attractions, such as the Acropolis and Delphi, there are many more amazing archaeological around Greece ...

IT WAS so hot tourists were collapsing!” my taxi driver proclaims, throwing his hands in the air as he recalls tales of ...

William J. Stillman an American journalist, diplomat, author, and photographer captured the Acropolis in 1870 in a series of ...

On arriving in Athens, the first sight these young tourists would look for was the Acropolis and its crowning glory: the pillared Parthenon, dedicated to the warrior goddess Athena. Yet even as ...

The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not nationalism.

What defines Athens for those who love it, like Fani, is something even more uniquely Greek. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video ...

Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens' patron goddess. Little is known about this ...

Situated on a rocky outcrop above Athens, Greece, the Acropolis is a citadel featuring some of the greatest architecture of the classical world. The most famous structure there is the Parthenon ...

Hurwit: "Acropolis" means the high point of the city. And since the buildings of classical Athens rarely reached higher than a storey or two, the Parthenon, which stands atop the Acropolis like a ...

as has much of the work on the Propylaia and on large sections of the Parthenon. In the process, the team has acquired new information about these emblematic buildings. “The Acropolis ...