Ancient Greece is where the first form of direct democracy was developed. It was called demokratia, literally meaning "rule ...

Ancient Agora is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., depending on the season, excluding select Greek public holidays. Check out the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports' ODYSSEUS website to learn more.

Visiting the Ancient Agora of Athens is like taking a trip back in time. It’s common to visit when you’re touring the ...

New Athens gallery Melas Martinos by Local Local is a contemporary art space, a stone's throw from the Acropolis, in the ...

Athens sprawls across the Attica Basin, a valley surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges and on the fourth by the Saronic Gulf. Constant expansion has introduced a sense of modernism to this ...

B.C. might not sound like the best time to punch into a time machine, but for time travellers with a taste for ancient ...

Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Authorities closed the Acropolis for several hours Tuesday due to high temperatures as work restrictions remained in effect in other parts of Greece. A Culture Ministry ...

Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana Jones movie. From its beginnings as an accidental discovery to the recent ...

Night - Clear. Winds from N to NNW at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 76 °F (24.4 °C). Sunny with a high of 97 °F (36.1 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 11 mph (9.7 to 17.7 ...