All Places in Athens

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.