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 ...

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and ...

From elevated Michelin-starred dining along Main Street to the dizzying array of dumpling shops, ramen-ya, Korean-fried chicken joints, and creative bakeries of Robson Street, Vancouver is a city ...

The Parthenon The Parthenon stands as an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and its democratic ideals. Perched majestically on the Acropolis hill, this temple was dedicated to the goddess Athena, the ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The MTA unveiled the first new subway map for New York City in more than 45 years on Wednesday morning. This map has significant differences. No longer a spaghetti diagram, this ...

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 ...

I went to Athens, Greece, for the first time since I was little. Most of the trip was dreamy, but some experiences and ...

The European Space Agency has released the first data from the Euclid space telescope, which aims to create a 3D map of the universe. So far, just 0.5% of the sky has been scanned, revealing 26 ...

The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced that archaeologists have fully uncovered the ancient Greek theater of Lefkada, ...

Ancient ruins discovered in North Macedonia could be the remains of a lost capital city of an ancient kingdom.

First, transit officials in New York City said goodbye to the Metrocard. Now the MTA is waving farewell to another transit icon: the famed subway map. “This is a lynchpin moment,” said MTA ...