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A man holds up a tablet showing a digitally overlayed virtual reconstruction of the ancient Parthenon temple, at the Acropolis Hill in Athens, Greece on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Greece has become a late but enthusiastic convert to new technology as a way of displaying its famous archaeological monuments and deepening visitors' knowledge of ancient history. The latest virtual tour on offer is provided by a mobile app that uses Augmented Reality to produce digital overlays that show visitors at the Acropolis how the site and its sculptures looked 2,500 ago. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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An app shows how ancient Greek sites looked thousands of years ago. It's a glimpse of future tech
By DEREK GATOPOULOS AND THEODORA TONGAS - Associated Press
Sat,10/07/23-11:06PM , 258 Reads
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Tourists at the Acropolis this holiday season can witness the resolution of one of the world’s most heated debates on cultural heritage.

All they need is a smartphone.
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Migrant crisis front and center in pope's Greece-Cyprus trip
By DEREK GATOPOULOS AND THEODORA TONGAS - Associated Press
Tue,11/30/21-2:03AM , 191 Reads
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — When Pope Francis visited the Greek island of Lesbos in 2016, he was so moved by the stories he heard from families fleeing war in Iraq and Syria that he wept and brought a dozen refugees home with him.
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