The agoras of the ancient Greek city-states were open areas for people to assemble for everything from political gatherings to public debates. Ancient Agora is the most popular of its kind ...

The temple of Hephaestus, as seen from the Ancient Agora where the tribes of Athens used to meet. Public domain Cleisthenes was the statesman who laid the foundations of democracy in ancient Athens by ...

Cleisthenes was the statesman who laid the foundations of democracy in ancient Athens by dividing Attica into ten tribes, based on location, and putting an end to the rule of nobility. Even though ...

Also tucked away along Plaka's winding streets are popular sites like the 4th-century Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Ancient Agora and the Museum of Greek Folk Art. Accessible via metro lines 1 ...

If you’re staying in Athens for a few days, buy a combined €30 (£27) ticket, valid for five days, that also gives you access to the Ancient and Roman Agora, Hadrian's Library, the temple of ...

Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens, workers fix a pump to an ancient stone well that in turn accesses an aqueduct built almost 2,000 years ago. The Greek capital, one of Europe's ...

Athens (AFP) – A new museum showcasing thousands of ancient archaeological artefacts found at sea will open next year at the Greek port of Piraeus near Athens, officials said on Monday.

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