Acropolis of Athens

The Acropolis Museum celebrates its 14th birthday and is looking forward to an even more promising future.

The Acropolis Museum will celebrate its 14th anniversary on June 20 with an evening of poetry set to music dedicated to its late president, Professor Dimitris Pandermalis.

The installation of an e-ticketing and access control system at the Acropolis archaeological site, designed to manage high traffic during peak times, can serve as a valuable model for other popular sites facing similar demand.

"The Acropolis is a testament to the incredible achievements of ancient Greek civilization and their enduring legacy," Ivanka Trump, daughter of former US president Donald Trump, has said.

Presentations, educational program, thematic tours, rambles, walks, cycling excursions and artistic events make up "Greek Cultural Routes," an event organized by the Ministry of Culture to raise awareness about - what else? - the country's cultural heritage and the institutions that protect and disseminate it.

A moot court is aspiring to test legal arguments, and become a model for future legal actions, on the issue of the ownership of the Parthenon Sculptures and the fact that Lord Elgin did not pay customs taxes for the import of the Parthenon Sculptures.

Radical electronica pioneers Kraftwerk promise an audiovisual extravaganza at one of the world's most iconic ancient theaters, the Herod Atticus at the Acropolis. The Dusseldorf-based outfit, which helped popularize the innovative genre after breaking out in the 1970s, has continued to make inroads ever since.

"Pope Francis last month returned to Greece the Parthenon marbles held by the Vatican museums for some 100 years. It's high time Britain followed the Argentinian pontiff's example.

A Vienna museum is in talks aimed at lending two marble pieces of the Parthenon to Greece, Austria's foreign minister said on Tuesday, a development his Greek counterpart said he hoped would help in talks with Britain over its much larger hoard.

If Athens' population is estimated at roughly 4 million today, back in ancient times, Attica as a whole was home to just 300,000 to 400,000 people, the majority of whom resided in the valley around the Acropolis and the Agora, the center of political, social and commercial activity.