In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called “the Persian Destruction of Athens.” The destruction of the great city took ...

Q: How did the temple relate to the rest of the ancient city? Hurwit: "Acropolis" means the high point of the city. And since the buildings of classical Athens rarely reached higher than a storey ...

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 ...

South Metope IV of the Parthenon is one of many sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece that have been scattered across the ...

The Acropolis is a massive archaeological site brimming with the artistic monuments and wonders of ancient Greece. Here are ...

Located near the Acropolis and the Benaki Museum, the Temple of Olympian Zeus is a tall and impressive marble structure that dates back to the 6th century B.C. The site has a long and storied ...

Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens' patron goddess. Little is known about this ...

Like most sights found in Ancient Agora and the Acropolis, the Temple of Hephaestus can only be viewed from the outside, so time your visit early in the morning to take in everything while ...

Meanwhile, Tiffany Jenkins, the author of Keeping Their Marbles: How the Treasures of the Past Ended up in Museums and Why ...

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