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 ...

The multinational air exercises highlight the increasing readiness of some Arab countries to associate with Israel under the ...

Ancient Athens was sacked four times, starting with the Persian invasion in 480 BC and ending with the Visigoth destruction ...

The wellness destination Euphoria Retreat provides services to heal the body and mind in the ancient fortress town of ...

Amid serene olive groves, I meandered through Greece’s ghostly ruins of ancient Sparta, its archeological rubble evidence of a militant society where school-aged boys were whipped bloody to ...

The best Greece cruises offer a well-rounded mix of destinations, from Athens to Mykonos. If you’re not sure which ships to ...

The manager of an Atlanta Highway memorial park commissioned a team of artists to beautify a cemetery building that was built ...

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 ...

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 ...