Romancing the Stones: Elgin’s workmen removed a total of 15 metopes from the Parthenon. They also took 247 feet—just under half—of the total frieze, as well as removing one of the caryatids ...

The Parthenon remained a temple for a millennium ... while new marble from the very quarry that initially supplied stone for the temple will fill in gaps where possible, with non-corrosive ...

(This video is no longer available for online streaming.) For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, almost destroyed by ...

The symbol of Western Civilization, the Acropolis' Parthenon was converted to a Christian church for almost a millennium, ...

The pediment statues on the Parthenon, showing the birth of Athena and her battle with Poseidon to rule Athens, were accented with paint and even bronze accessories. Over time the stones were ...

Steves says, "I like to visit late in the day, as the sun goes down, when the white Parthenon stone gleams a creamy golden brown." The thought of that beauty framed by the sunset makes the heart ...

with its heavy rustic stone textures originally taken from the pathway leading to and from The Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Nothing would be more appealing to embrace the historical significance ...