A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

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

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

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

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

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

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

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

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

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

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

This small chapel holds the mummified heart of one of the heroes of the Greek Revolution.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

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

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

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

Preserved portions of Athens's ancient defenses are on display in a subterranean parking garage.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

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

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.