The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not nationalism.

The Parthenon remained a temple for a millennium before Greece fell to the Christian Byzantines ... Unlike the lead-coated iron the ancient Greeks had used, Balanos's clamps were exposed to ...

Since the 15th century, Greece had been ruled by the Ottoman Empire, whose troops had converted the Acropolis into a garrison, and whose sultan, Mehmed II, had turned the Parthenon itself into a ...

In the following interview, he also dispels some long-held notions about ancient Greece's most legendary building. NOVA: What is the Parthenon's legacy for western civilization? Jeffrey Hurwit ...

The construction ingenuity of Athens' Parthenon has enabled it to miraculously survive natural disasters such as earthquakes.

The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited world sites, but what stood on top of it before the construction of the ...

Greek lawmakers have elected a former parliament speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum as the country’s new president ...

Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece.

When was Ancient ... 1100BC, Greece entered a Dark Age. It is called a dark age because nobody knows much about what happened - all written language and art disappeared. The Parthenon temple ...

But Greece's latest attraction proves nothing pulls in tourists like the wonders of the ancient world. A couple from Austria (left) and Britain (right) found the Peristera shipwreck fascinating.