The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited world sites, but what stood on top of it before the construction of the ...
In Athens, the fifth century BC served as a period in which art and thought flourished, and it defines our image of Ancient ...
Not so the Acropolis. On the long-ago bright September day when I landed for the first time in Greece aboard the S.S. Olympia, I took a taxi from Piraeus to Athens. Approaching the city from the ...
(Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP) (Photo by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images) If you’re heading to one of Greece’s biggest ... introduced at the Acropolis in Athens.
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 ...
When you think about an image of Greece, it's likely that you envision the Acropolis. The famous hill in Athens with the ...
Heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures have hit parts of Greece, including the Greek islands of Crete and Evia. Several feet of snow hit some areas which forced schools to close. On the island of ...