ATHENS, Greece — A heat wave across southern Europe forced authorities in Greece to close the Acropolis Wednesday for several hours and two firefighters died while putting out a fire in the Basilicata ...

This site rises high above the Bakirçay Plain in Turkey’s Aegean region. The acropolis of Pergamon was the capital of the Hellenistic Attalid dynasty, a major centre of learning in the ancient world.

Woman drinks water underneath a tree with the ParthenonTemple in the background A heatwave across southern Europe forced authorities in Greece to close the Acropolis for several hours on Wednesday and ...

A Red Cross volunteer gives water to tourists at the foot of the Acropolis hill during a hot, windy day in Athens on July 17. (AP) ATHENS, Greece, July 18, (AP): A heat wave across southern Europe ...