The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago. View on ...

frieze from the Parthenon Temple, which dates back around 2,500 years. They currently sit in the collection of the British Museum in London. Greece wants them returned to Athens after they were taken ...

Since April 1, tickets for many historical sites in Greece have become up to 50% ... the age of 18 to climb the famous hill with the Parthenon temple. These prices apply for the site entrance ...

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners ... BC , including the Parthenon, the Temple of Athena Nike and the ...

After day stops at each port, we sailed northeast to the Greek isle of ... concluded our voyage in Athens and made the almost obligatory tours of the Acropolis and Parthenon, even though we ...

In “My Life in Ruins” (2009) Nia Vardalos brought her big fat Greek wedding family to Athens and the Acropolis. In “Two Faces of January” (2014), the two lovers played by Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten ...

is located in Athens, Greece. The temple was designed by Ictinus, one of the Parthenon’s architects. The Temple of Hephaestus is the best-preserved ancient Greek temple in the world. The Temple of ...

One of the first-known lists of wonders was drawn up in the third century B.C., when a Greek ... was the Temple of Zeus, built between 466 and 456 B.C. and resembling the Parthenon in Athens.

The Acropolis was plundered and destroyed, including the Old Temple of Athena and the Older Parthenon. All Athenians who had stayed in the city were slaughtered. Immediately after the Persian sack of ...

Soar over the ancient temples of Greece with this breathtaking drone footage. Experience the majestic Parthenon, the Temple ...

If Athens is a short stop on your Greece itinerary, don’t worry. This two-day planner contains everything you need to see and ...