“Although there were many important sanctuaries and public spaces in Athens and across Attica,” says classical art historian Jeffrey Hurwit of the University of Oregon, “the Acropolis stands ...

Holly D. Johnson As its name suggests, the Acropolis Museum – which resides in central Athens' Makrigianni district just below the ancient site itself – houses various archaeological findings ...

The acropolis, awesome and aloof on its limestone mesa above hectic modern Athens, is so integral to the texts of our history books—and the subtexts of our imaginations—that it is one of those ...

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 ...