The ancient Acropolis has loomed over the Greek city of Athens for more than 3000 years as a defensive citadel, temple ...

The ancient Acropolis has loomed over the Greek city of Athens for more than 3000 years as a defensive citadel, temple complex, weather station, and even a site of resistance against the Nazis.

Swaddled in white drop cloths, hundreds of sculptural masterpieces from the Acropolis are waiting to be delicately lifted by crane to a new, glass and concrete museum nearing completion at the ...

The ancient hilltop citadel is the nation's most popular archaeological site. Atop the Acropolis ancient hill, tourists visit the Parthenon temple during a heat wave on July 20, 2023 in Athens ...

The Acropolis served as a citadel, a fortress for citizens during times when the city was under attack, as well as a place honouring the Greek gods, with the temples, ceremonies and shrines.

Greece to cap Acropolis tourists at 20,000 a day amid increasing European overtourism . ... The citadel stands above the Greek capital city and is made up of several historic ruins and artifacts, ...

President Barack Obama toured Greece's most famous ancient monument, the Acropolis citadel, and was due to deliver a speech to the Greek people later Wednesday as he winds up the first leg of his ...

For thousands of years the Acropolis has withstood earthquakes, weathered storms and endured temperature extremes, from scorching summers to winter snow. Now scientists are drawing on the latest ...

Greece has announced that it will limit the number of daily visitors to the Acropolis in order to guarantee the safety and longevity of the ancient monument.. From September, the UNESCO World ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks University of Missouri-St. Louis archeology professor Michael Cosmopoulos about the controversy over planned renovations to the Acropolis in Athens.

In ancient Greece, the Acropolis in Athens was a citadel and a religious site, strategically placed on a hilltop to defend against adversaries. The Defense Department, too, has an Acropolis — a ...