But Athens is no historical theme park ... The former brewery in which the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) is housed stood empty for decades. It took almost as long for Greece ...

From enjoying archaeological sites without the usual tourist rush to strolling through picturesque neighborhoods like Plaka and Anafiotika, from taking a ferry trip to nearby islands to experiencing ...

The funerary stele of Mnesagora and Nikochares, an ancient Greek marble relief from Vari, near Athens,is a stunning example ...

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 ...

This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History ... are held in the Acropolis Museum of Athens. Photograph by British Museum/Scala, Florence Having brought the ...

Today, he is retired to Athens after finishing his career in 2013 as the superintendent at the Cumberland Island National Seashore, an island of protected pristine nature on Georgia's coast.