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Rick Steves' Europe: Hydra, Greece

For those willing to follow the uphill lanes, this Greek island offers tradition, magnificent views of the harbor and a relaxing vacation spot
May 01, 2010 | By Rick Steves

The New Acropolis Museum

Ancient Greece Springs to Life

Athens’ New Acropolis Museum comes to America in an exhibition highlighting treasures of antiquity
September 22, 2009 | By Jamie Katz

painted replica of archer

True Colors

Archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann insists his eye-popping reproductions of ancient Greek sculptures are right on target
July 2008 | By Matthew Gurewitsch

The Parthenon, said the 19th-century French engineer Auguste Choisy, represents "the supreme effort of genius in pursuit of beauty."

Unlocking Mysteries of the Parthenon

Restoration of the 2,500-year-old temple is yielding new insights into the engineering feats of the golden age's master builders
February 2008 | By Evan Hadingham

Acropolis Now

A modern museum of ancient Greece rises near the Parthenon
February 2008 | By Richard Covington

The massive neoclassical market

Snapshot: Athens Central Market

More than 30,000 people mingle every day at Dimotiki Agora, the city's busiest markets
January 01, 2008 | By Whitney Dangerfield

Parthenon

The Parthenon’s Old World Order

After a recent restoration, the center of the Athenian Acropolis and symbol of Western democracy still inspires
January 2008 | By Kathleen Burke

These 82 bronze fragments of the original mechanism were found in a Roman shipwreck by sponge divers in 1900.

Old World, High Tech

An ancient Greek calendar was ahead of its time
December 2006 | By Eric Jaffe

Amateur scholar Robert Bittlestone

Odyssey's End?: The Search for Ancient Ithaca

A British researcher believes he has at last pinpointed the island to which Homer's wanderer returned
April 2006 | By Fergus M. Bordewich

Unearthing Athens' Underworld

Throughout the decade-long construction of the city's new metro, archaeologists have found a trove of treasures
November 2002 | By Rudy Chelminski


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