The word, borrowed from the world-famous Greek hilltop citadel in the center of Athens, has more than a little in common with ...

Athens, as an ideal cultural and leisure destination, was the central topic of an article in the important local newspaper Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung in Heidelberg, Germany. Under the ...

The Parthenon The Parthenon stands as an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and its democratic ideals. Perched majestically on ...

Athens, Greece's capital, has ranked on the bottom of a list with the world's 100 cities with the most green space, according ...

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW) have announced a historic ...

New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity were ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful, and ...

Amazing stories behind the world's most historic cities where every pavement, every monument, every corner has an incredible ...

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

Europe is full of ancient wonders, with archaeological sites that take you on a journey into the past. From the remains of ...

On our last morning the Parthenon was bathed in sunlight and with no queue we could climb the Acropolis in minutes to gaze in wonder up close at the 2,500 year old temple. According to legend ...