For the first time since the 1970s, the Parthenon on the Acropolis is free of exterior scaffolding, offering visitors a ...

For the first time since the 1970s, the Parthenon on the Acropolis is free of exterior scaffolding, offering visitors a ...

Culture Minister Lina Mendoni told the Associated Press that this change marks the first time in roughly 200 years that the ...

Indeed, that shining symbol of democracy, the Parthenon, might just as easily be seen as a symbol of the arrogance of empire, built with money contributed by Athens’ allies for their mutual defense ...

The iron constructions inevitably hid certain details and altered the aesthetic experience on the Sacred Rock of the ...

Greek opinion is divided over the government's plan to offer the Parthenon and other heritage sites as film and photo backdrops to raise revenue during its economic crisis. "This is sacrilege!" one ...

In 447 Pericles began the project he is most famous for: the building programme on the Acropolis. Through its great naval alliance the city controlled an empire - Pericles now insisted his countrymen ...

When the Parthenon was under construction there were people who accused Pericles of an enormous waste of public money on the structure. Imagine, 1,000 talents just for a temple! And untold more ...

The Venetians struck the first blow. In 1687, amid the Great Turkish War, Venice’s forces rained a fusillade of cannonballs on the Ottoman-held Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The Turks had been using ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Walking along the broad pedestrian street that runs along the base of Athens’ famed Acropolis Hill, ...