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 ...

Holly D. Johnson As its name suggests, the Acropolis Museum – which resides in central Athens' Makrigianni district just below the ancient site itself – houses various archaeological findings ...

A silversmith at work at the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry MuseumCredit: Alamy Stock Photo Athens’ most historic pocket is awash with museums, from the Acropolis Museum to the Folk Art Museum.

Immerse yourself in Athens' ancient history and most famous archaeological sites with this half-day walking tour of the Acropolis and Acropolis Museum. Enjoy an authentic Greek lunch at a nearby ...

Author Kari Hesthamar observed “Greece is a good place to look at the moon, isn’t it,” and she is certainly right. I recently ...

The remaining five caryatids, which supported the portico of the temple, are held in the Acropolis Museum of Athens. Photograph by British Museum/Scala, Florence Having brought the statues and ...

The Centre has continued in the past months to receive complaints regarding the proposal for a 32m-high building in the vicinity of the Acropolis. The 26th session of the Committee requested the State ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, visit the Acropolis Museum, accompanied by Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and his wife, Vlassia Pavlopoulou-Peltsemi, in Athens, Greece, ...

Records indicate that when Bavarian soldiers arrived in Athens in the 1830s to drive ... now been removed to the climate-controlled Acropolis Museum, their places on the Parthenon taken by exact ...