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 ...

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While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners the most attention. In fact, it's routinely referred to simply as "The ...

A major archaeological dig took place between 1933 and 1936 during which more than 2 million artifacts were discovered from pottery and arrowheads to pipes and jewelry. Today, the mounds serve as ...

A guard protecting ancient sites in northern Greece has been charged with involvement in a crime ring smuggling out artifacts and selling them abroad, police officials said on Friday. The man was also ...