On arriving in Athens, the first sight these young tourists would look for was the Acropolis and its crowning glory: the pillared Parthenon ... Taking the long view, he was justified in ...
Nashville, United States - December 28, 2024 Originally built for the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition, this replica of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, serves as a monument to what is ...
Here's Mary Beard again, on the non-Athenian view of the Parthenon: "I think the Parthenon must have been the kind of building that you spat at and kicked if you could. You knew, if you were one ...
Here's Mary Beard again, on the non-Athenian view of the Parthenon: "I think the Parthenon must have been the kind of building that you spat at and kicked if you could. You knew, if you were one ...
The most ambitious building program in Greek history, the building of the Parthenon was Pericles' greatest triumph and he oversaw the project personally. Costing 5000 talents in the first year ...
As director of the Acropolis Restoration Project over the past three decades, architect Manolis Korres knows the marble blocks of the Parthenon as well as anyone today. Yet he recognizes that many ...
Rishi Sunak cancelled his meeting with the Greek prime minister after it was felt a promise not to publicly discuss the Parthenon Sculptures ... to take their own view. Greek minister Adonis ...