The archaeological site of the Acropolis marked an expansion of its visitor experience with the opening of new paths along ...

Based on the ancient Greek words ákros for “high point” and pólis for “city,” acropolis ... temples known as acropoleis can ...

A mix of ancient ... entire Acropolis rock, crowned by the famous Parthenon temple (built for the goddess of wisdom, Athena Parthenos), was sacred not to Athena but to her sister Aphrodite.

Hundreds of followers of Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Artemis, Aphrodite and Hermes stood in a circle, a mile from the Acropolis, in what was the first official religious service allowed in the grounds of an ...

Languages: English, Spanish A mysterious example of ancient Greek graffiti may reveal the existence of a lost temple at the iconic Acropolis of Athens, a pair of researchers have proposed in a study.

A researcher simulated the Athenian temple’s lighting conditions at different times of the day, discovering that its interior ...

ATHENS, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The British Museum has lent for the first time in 250 years an ancient Greek ... here in this temple of beauty and harmony, the museum of Acropolis," Stampolidis said.

Researchers have suspected the likely existence of ancient temples older than the Parthenon on the Acropolis. It is known that an invading Persian army in 480 BC destroyed buildings erected in the ...

The Parthenon and Temple of Concordia trumpet the sophistication of ancient Greek society. Temples like the Parthenon, gracing the mighty Acropolis overlooking Athens, and the Temple of Concordia ...

The Parthenon may be a very ancient temple, but it was not the first. It has long been thought that even older temples formerly stood on the Acropolis—though archaeologists have fiercely debated ...