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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 ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...

even reflecting historical events such as the conquest of Greece by the Romans. The Aegean region gave rise to some of the earliest cultures of ancient Europe. The research team investigated when ...

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Athens wears its long history lightly — you’ll even find locals sunbathing beside an ancient temple on one ... finishing line of the Athens Marathon. It’s free to enter to cheer on the ...

This stunning marble depiction of the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom and ... Romans were harking back to an immemorial Greece. Now, the Halsted Athena’s voyage to the leafy avenues and art ...