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Greek government says no more than 20,000 visitors each day

Greece's government says visitors to the Acropolis of Athens will be capped starting next month at a maximum 20,000 daily and subject to varying hourly entry limits

With cruise ships decanting thousands of tourists in Athens, tough new controls have been imposed at the country’s most visited site

Exclusive: Archaeologist says 5th-century BC wine vase with modern decoration widely regarded as fake

The restitution of Parthenon artefacts from the Vatican increases pressure on the British Museum to return marbles.

Greece has welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago

For decades, an important part of Greece’s cultural heritage sparkled only for the very few in a U.S. billionaire’s private collection, until a groundbreaking deal for its gradual return to Athens

Greek-born actor Irene Papas, famous for her fiery appearances in the internationally acclaimed "The Guns of Navarone" and "Zorba the Greek", died Wednesday at the age of 93. Greece's Culture Minister Lina Mendoni in a statement said Papas was "majestic" and "the personification of Greek beauty on the cinema screen…

Museum’s deputy director had told Unesco meeting contested treasures ‘were not all hacked’ from Greek temple