The remaining five caryatids, which supported the portico of the temple, are held in the Acropolis Museum of Athens. Photograph by British Museum/Scala, Florence Having brought the statues and ...

William J. Stillman an American journalist, diplomat, author, and photographer captured the Acropolis in 1870 in a series of ...

Clooney, the wife of actor George Clooney, helped raise international awareness of the campaign. The sculptures were removed from the Acropolis in Athens by British diplomat Lord Elgin in the early ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Once you're inside the Acropolis Museum, look for the famous caryatids – a collection of marble statues that were replaced by copies on the Erechtheion for the purpose of ...

“Although there were many important sanctuaries and public spaces in Athens and across Attica,” says classical art historian Jeffrey Hurwit of the University of Oregon, “the Acropolis stands ...

Yet traces of pigment on Greek marble sculpture show that these sites were kaleidoscopic in their colors. The world’s oldest weather station sits at the base of the Acropolis. Located on the ...

The area south of the Acropolis, where the statue was unearthed ... News 247 reports that the sculptures in these villas were works of the famous Neo-Attic workshops, and statues like the Hermes ...