The reconstructions show that the Parthenon’s internal appearance was constructed to provoke maximum awe—and even fear. Juan de Lara By combining archaeology and technology, a researcher has shed ...

In its bid to claim the mantle as the Athens of the South, the city of Nashville constructed a life-size replica of the Parthenon for Tennessee’s centennial celebrations in 1897. Its architects ...

The Parthenon, a mid-5th-century temple atop the hill of the Acropolis, is dedicated to Athena, the Greek deity of wisdom and the patron goddess of Athens. Despite enduring damage, that masterpiece ...

The marbles were taken from the Parthenon between 1801 and 1805 by Lord Elgin. The Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the "Elgin Marbles" or "Parthenon Marbles" were taken from Greece in the early ...

Don DeLillo’s novel The Names opens with the narrator wandering in modern Athens, trying to avoid the city’s imposing past. “For a long time I stayed away from the Acropolis. It daunted me, that ...

The Parthenon in Athens is free of scaffolding for the first time in two centuries. Tourists can now enjoy an unobstructed view of the stone temple, which was built on top of the Acropolis in the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can now get a sense of the awe-inspiring Parthenon in all its ...

But a shocking discovery involving mummies has called the meaning of the 2500-year-old Elgin Marbles into question, archaeologist and NYU professor Joan Breton Connelly argues in her new book The ...

View of one of the 46 outer columns of the Parthenon, showing the precisely executed fluting (or vertical grooves). Hand-carving these flutes after the erection of the columns was one of the most time ...

"The Parthenon of Books" in Kassel. Photo: DPA. A Greek-style temple made out of banned books hopes to stir debate about censorship at the site of Nazi book burning in central Germany. It looks like ...

Today, the Parthenon is a broken-down rectangle of grand marble columns, and its interior is largely vacant. But when the temple was constructed between 447 and 438 B.C.E., designed in part by the ...