South Metope IV of the Parthenon is one of many sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece that have been scattered across the ...

The proposal to create high-quality replicas could serve as a compromise, allowing the British Museum to retain a display ...

The Parthenon remained a temple for a millennium before Greece fell to the Christian Byzantines ... the Venetians cherished its Christian history. But the Venetians bombarded the building with ...

The Parthenon The Parthenon stands as an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and its democratic ideals. Perched majestically on the Acropolis hill, this temple was dedicated to the goddess Athena, the ...

This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History ... Greece regained its independence in 1832. By the middle of the 18th century yet more of the ruined Parthenon ...

These include about half of the surviving fragments of a 160-meter-long (520-foot) frieze from the Parthenon Temple, which dates back around 2,500 years. They currently sit in the collection of the ...

A centaur head and two more marble fragments taken from the Parthenon in the 17th century are among the most popular exhibits ...