ATHENS, Greece — About 1,500 years after Christian zealots vandalized the Parthenon’s pagan sculptures, Greece’s Orthodox Church on Wednesday formally blessed the new Acropolis Museum, set ...

Three hundred marble statues will soon be moved off the Acropolis to a new museum, say Greek officials. The sculptures, weighing up to 2.5 tons each, were carved in the 6th and 5th centuries B.C ...

The ancient neighborhood beneath the Acropolis Musum reveals life in ancient Athens. long before the Parthenon and the precious sculptures ...

Acropolis Museum is ranked #2 out of 18 things to do in Athens. See pictures and our review of Acropolis Museum. ... While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, ...

Temperatures in Athens on Tuesday reached 107 degrees Fahrenheit in the second major heat wave that affected much of the ...

The Acropolis sculptures survived on the ancient hill in Athens for 2,500 years despite war, weather and looting. Acropolis statues going to museum - Los Angeles Times ...

Greece opened its long-awaited Acropolis Museum in Athens on Saturday with a lavish ceremony attended by 400 guests, including many heads of state, and drawing thousands on the heavily policed ...

The new Acropolis Museum is expected to host two million visitors a year and cost about $175 million. It has about 4,000 artifacts on display. You've read of free articles.

The history of the Acropolis of Lindos in Rhodes is as old as the history of Ancient Greece; tradition has Lindos joining in ...

The Acropolis and the 21st Century Museum. Sharon Waxman. July 25, 2007 @ 7:28 AM. ... is a grand statement to the world about Greece’s ability to care for its own monuments, ...

Now Greece has built a museum in the hope it will one day house them. The battle to recover the Elgin Marbles has been long and fruitless. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent ...