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 ...

The Acropolis Museum, which also houses the Parthenon Marbles, has been one of the most visited museums across the globe for ...

The Parthenon The Parthenon stands as an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and its democratic ideals. Perched majestically on the Acropolis hill, this temple was dedicated to the goddess Athena, the ...

While Athens isn’t overpriced, it certainly has its fair share of tourist traps; in Thessaloniki, however, you’d struggle to find a bad meal. While the Acropolis (the hill on which the ...

Greece's culture ministry has declined a request by the Greek director of the Oscar-winning "Poor Things" to film at the ...

I spent four days in Athens, Greece, while traveling around Europe. Stumbling upon the National Garden was such a treat, and ...

Microsoft has published a second round of several "50" themed wallpapers for your Windows PC desktop for its 50th anniversary ...

A startup in Israel is developing a nuclear reactor no bigger than a desktop computer. Having proved that the breakthrough technology works, Metatron N.R.G. now aims to build a fully functioning ...

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 ...

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