In ancient times, the mountaintops of Greece held the shrines and ritual sites of the gods. Now, they’re astonishingly ...

The Greek news outlet Ekathimerini reports that Athens is prepared to participate in an international force in Ukraine only under three conditions: a ceasefire agreement, no deployment on Russian soil ...

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 ...

After a while, no one wants to look like a tourist. Experienced travelers will buy a hat in a local store, convinced that having the same head covering will somehow make them less conspicuous.

In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called "the Persian Destruction of Athens." The destruction of the great city took ...

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