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view of the acropolis in athens, greece

A Modern Traveler’s Guide to Athens, Greece

Beneath the shadow of the Acropolis, Greece’s narrative flits effortlessly from Dionysian to Apollonian in its showcase of old and new, wild and orderly, chaos and beauty. Here’s how to do it right.
By Paul Jebara

9 Dreamy Greek Hotels to Book This Summer

These are the best luxury spots to book for your next trip to Greece.
By Paul Jebara
The exterior of the Met

The Met Will Repatriate More Than 100 Greek Antiquities, But It Will Take Decades to Give Them All Back

Instead of using legal means or law enforcement, Greece has struck a deal with the Met that will see the museum gradually return 161 antiquities over the next two decades.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

The U.K. Doesn’t Want to Return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece

By Helen Holmes

The Acropolis Is Being Shut Down Daily Amidst Wildfires and a Brutal Heat Wave

By Helen Holmes

People Can’t Stop Reading This Professor’s Trump-Russia Theories

By Mike Albanese
Shay Mitchell.

Shay Mitchell Is the Ultimate Travel Inspiration for Millennials

By Meredith Lepore
The Lion Gate at Mycenae, which dates to Bronze Age Greece.

DNA Testing Links Modern Greeks to Ancient Minoan and Mycenaean Ancestors

By Alanna Martinez
European Union President Donald Tusk (R) shakes hands with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

How Greece Could Escape Debtors’ Prison—if Europe Opens the Door

By C. Randall Henning
SantAnna beach resort just opened up in Mykonos. Scroll through to see inside the luxe spot.

Mykonos Now Has the Largest Saltwater Swimming Pool in All of Europe

By Morgan Halberg
These donuts look Taystee.

OITNB’s Danielle Brooks Is All About New York in the Summer

By Meredith Lepore
A damaged and ravaged Palmyra, Syria

10 Country Coalition Forms to Protect Ancient Historic Sites From ISIS

By Justin Joffe
The city’s acropolis is barely visible during a cloudy day on the Thessalian plains.

Archaeologists Just Discovered a 2,500-Year-Old Lost City Atop a Greek Mountain Peak

By Sage Lazzaro
French President Francois Hollande visiting the Department of Islamic Arts galleries at the Louvre in 2012.

Louvre Offers to Store Rescued Art from Syria, Jeremy Shaw Wins Sobey Art Award

By Alanna Martinez
American athlete Al Oerter (1937 - 2007) competes in the discus throw, circa 1965

Michael Phelps Is Not the World’s Best Athlete—Yet

By Robert Blecker
Photograph by Peter Koloff Location: Coney Art Walls presented by Thor Equities, curated by Jeffrey Deitch Artwork by Nina Chanel Abney

Mykonos Art Gallery Hosts New York Works

By Wayne Northcross
The east pediment of the Parthenon Marbles, on view at the British Museum.

UK Parliament Pushes Bill to Return Elgin Marbles to Greece

By Alanna Martinez
A marble Roman copy of a Greek bronze bust of Aristotle by Lysippus, (c. 330 BC).

Scientists May Have Found Aristotle’s Tomb, Rare Dino Bones for Sale

By Alanna Martinez
Maurizio Cattelan's statue, Him, sold for $17.2 million at Christie's on May 8.

Hitler Sculpture Sells for $17.2M, Greece Still Wants Parthenon Marbles Back—and More

By Alanna Martinez
The Luxury Collection Luggage by Globe-Trotter Designed by Sofia Sanchez de Betak, $2,005, LuxuryCollectionStore.com

Sofia Sanchez de Betak’s Baggage Claim

By Zachary Weiss
A view of the Max Mara celebration of the opening of The Whitney Museum Of American Art at its new location on April 24, 2015 in New York City.

Whitney Museum to Reinstall Collection, Hauser & Wirth LA to Keep Graffiti—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz.

Globetrotting Lawmakers Blow Campaign Cash on Travel

By Will Bredderman
Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei is pictured before a press conference in Athens on January 1, 2016. Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei paid on December 28, 2015 a holiday visit to refugees and migrants flocking to the Greek island of Lesbos, tweeting out photos and videos in appeals for their plight. / AFP / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS (Photo credit should read ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Lesbos Gives Refugee Lifejackets to Ai Weiwei, Roman Fresco Found in London—and More

By Alanna Martinez
A projected view of the statue's lighthouse. (Photo: Colossus of Rhodes Project)

Ancient Statue Colossus of Rhodes May Be Built Again

By Amanda Manning
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