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A researcher simulated the Athenian temple’s lighting conditions at different times of the day, discovering that its interior ...
The Parthenon's interior has long been seen as a bright marble space, a new 3D model of the temple shows otherwise.
In early 19th-century London, the arrival of temple artworks taken from the Acropolis of Athens inspired both poetic raptures ...
George Clooney, along with his wife Amal Clooney, is continuing his efforts for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece ...
Do you think you know the Parthenon, Greece's ancient marvel? But do you know it well enough that it had a pool?
The Parthenon, a mid-5th-century temple atop the hill of the Acropolis, is dedicated to Athena, the Greek deity of wisdom and ...
The Parthenon is probably one of the most iconic examples of Greek architecture. This ancient temple, once dedicated to the ...
You can now get a sense of the awe-inspiring Parthenon in all its former glory thanks to a multiyear endeavor merging history ...
San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum is set to return four bronze statues from Thailand’s looted Prakhon Chai hoard.
Credit: Juan de Lara The Parthenon temple on the Acropolis of Athens housed a colossal statue made of gold and ivory, carved by the famous sculptor Phidias in 438 BC. Its view from the entrance of the ...
Contrary to Enlightenment-era belief, ancient Greece’s Parthenon was actually “dark and dim” on the inside. A new study ...
Greece has filed a lawsuit over the alleged violation of a law for the protection of antiquities by what appeared to be a ...