The Temple of Olympian Zeus, dedicated the first among the Gods, is the most magnificent monument in Athens, other than the ...

ATHENS, Greece – A clutch of modern pagans honored Zeus at a 1,800-year-old temple in the heart of Athens on Sunday – the first known ceremony of its kind held there since the ancient Greek religion ...

ATHENS, Greece – ATHENS, Greece (AP) — After a decade-long facelift, the ancient Greek temple of Athena Nike is back up, patched up and unfettered on the Acropolis. The slender marble building first ...

At of the foot of the Acropolis in Athens, a politically charged and technically complex project first envisioned more than two decades ago is finally nearing completion. The building, the New ...

A graffiti made by a shepherd in ancient Greece has helped archaeologists uncover a long-standing mystery about the history of the iconic Acropolis of Athens. The Parthenon is a world-renowned ...

Sights in ancient Greece, and especially Athens, take on a larger importance than in most other places in the world. They are histories of democracy, Western civilization and philosophy firsthand. You ...

The Acropolis, the plateau on which the Parthenon stands, served as a fortified citadel in Athens’ Mycenaean past. ImageCourtesy of Flickr user Konstantinos Dafalias (licensed under CC BY 2.0) Before ...

Worshippers who believe in the 12 gods of ancient Greece have held a ceremony at the Temple of Zeus in Athens. This is a landmark event to celebrate official recognition of their religion by a court ...

British tourists are among the thousands evacuated from the Greek wildfires raging as high as 80ft around the Parthenon temple in Athens. More than 670 firefighters backed by volunteers, 17 ...