In 1801 a British nobleman stripped the Parthenon of many of its sculptures and took them to England. Controversy over their ...

Greece Parthenon restoration: Athens' iconic Parthenon has regained a significant piece of its history with the completion of ...

For the past 230 years or so, the story that was sculpted into the frieze of the Parthenon, the most influential building in the western world, has seemed fairly straight-forward, depicting a civic ...

The Parthenon's latest restoration has reignited a deeper question: are we preserving an ancient monument or reshaping the ...

It’s hard not to be awestruck standing in front of the Parthenon marbles. The collection of sculptures adorned the famous archeological site, which was originally built as a temple to Athena in ...

The Parthenon’s base was 23,028 square feet (about half the size of a football field) and its 46 outer columns were some 34 feet high. A 525-foot frieze wrapped around the top of the exterior wall of ...

The hills around Vari, 10 miles southeast of Athens, are etched with the musings of bored shepherds. The more than 2,000 graffiti (and counting) feature trireme warships, speeding horses, packs of ...

Students use a viewing guide while watching a program about the reconstruction of the Parthenon and discuss answers to questions related to the monument after watching. Built as a temple for the ...

It’s an old, ¾-of-a-century-old photo (actually a 35mm slide) of a 20-year-old sailor. Clad in service dress whites, he stands at parade rest on a rocky ledge. His feet firmly planted, hands at the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Katie Petrole knows her ancient history. But seven years ago the museum professional knew nothing about the world’s only exact replica of the Parthenon that’s holding court ...