ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Work to lay natural gas pipelines near the foot of the Acropolis has uncovered an ancient marble statue of a young man buried almost upright in a brick-lined pit, Greek ...

The Acropolis rises nearly 500 feet above the Ilissos Valley, measures about 360 feet north to south and 820 feet east to west, and has a surface area of about seven and a half acres.

The Acropolis was built in the late 5th century BCE, ... The pretty Temple of Athena Nike has columns only on two sides, and ...

Acropolis Museum in Athens Wikimedia Commons. Housing more than 4,000 works of art, the New ... sculptural works that include 247 feet of the original Parthenon frieze.

ATHENS, Greece — The Greek National Opera opened this season’s festival with Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot as Athens’ ancient theater hosts its final festival season before it … ...

ATHENS, Greece — It’s dubbed the “Rally of Gods” — a punishing, four-day event on the World Rally Championship circuit that will take 69 crews from 31 countries across rough, treacherous ...

ROCKINGHAM — Walter Wallace thinks the term "acropolis" fits the Rockingham Meeting House perfectly. The word, borrowed from the world-famous Greek hilltop citadel in the center of Athens, has more ...

The Acropolis in Greece shut for hours, record-breaking ocean temperatures off Croatia and plans to feed zoo animals popsicles in Italy — southern Europe is baking under a “hellishly hot ...

Greece shut the Acropolis, its most visited ancient site, for several hours in the afternoon on Wednesday as the country baked in yet another heatwave that sent temperatures up to 38 degrees ...

Auto Racing Rally of Gods: Punishing four-day Acropolis Rally kicks off in the Greek capital amid heatwave. It’s dubbed the “Rally of Gods” – a punishing, four-day event on the World Rally ...