The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited world sites, but what stood on top of it before the construction of the Parthenon?

The Acropolis is consistently inundated with tourists, with as many as 23,000 visitors clogging up the complex on some days. Greece’s culture minister Lina Mendoni has said the new measures are ...

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 ...

When Pisistratus became tyrant of Athens in 547 BC it marked a change of direction for the city-state and the surrounding land of Attica ... the other city-states of Greece.

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 ...

Discover Ancient Greek Ruins at the Temple of Olympian Zeus Just a short walk from the Acropolis ... from Athens at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula, the Temple of Poseidon is perched ...

From the Acropolis in Athens to the spectacular ... on the southern coast of Attica in Greece, the Temple of Poseidon is an archaeological site of profound significance and striking beauty.