It was unearthed under the junction of two modern streets at the southern end of the Acropolis hill, a few dozen yards from the marble Odeon of Herodes Atticus — an originally roofed Roman-era ...

Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece.

The Acropolis Museum located only 1,000 feet from the famed hill of the same name hosts some of the world's most important ...

A new study finds that extreme temperatures — mostly heat — are projected to kill as many as 2.3 million people in Europe by ...

Rising to a height of between 60 and 70 meters above the city, the rocky flat-topped hill of the Acropolis is 300 meters from east to west and 150 meters from north to south. Its first ...

Yet for Greeks with roots deep in the past, the Acropolis supplies a daily spiritual boost. A rich man I knew whose view of the hill was threatened by a high-rise apartment going up across the ...

Rebecca Ann Hughes covers travel, culture and food in Europe. The Acropolis is consistently inundated with tourists, with as many as 23,000 visitors clogging up ... [+] the complex on some days.

The archaeological site of the Acropolis is getting new, hi-tech entrance gates and a welcome point aiming to improve visitor ...

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 ...