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Above: view from the archaeological ... set in a gallery at the top of the building against dramatic views of the Acropolis, and then loops down to finish in the Roman Empire galleries below.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece closed down the Acropolis in Athens during the afternoon on Thursday for a second day as the country swelters under unseasonably high temperatures.

The iconic Acropolis in Athens was shut down for several hours in the middle of the day on Wednesday, 17 July, due to extreme heat. Greece’s Culture Ministry ordered the closure as southern ...

Last Friday, the Greek government shut down the Acropolis, the hilltop complex that contains the 5th-century-BCE Parthenon temple and other ancient monuments, for three days due to the extreme heat.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's most famous archaeological site, the Acropolis in Athens, has shut down to visitors for four hours because of hot weather in the capital. The antiquities authority ...

Social workers handed out water to visitors after authorities closed the Acropolis in Greece for five hours during the hottest part of the day. Temperatures in southern Europe could hit record ...