In 1801 a British nobleman stripped the Parthenon of many of its sculptures and took them to England. Controversy over their ...
This video shows the Acropolis of Athens from above with a clear view of the Parthenon and the surrounding ancient ruins. The ...
Visitors to the Acropolis can now view the Parthenon’s western side in a more complete form after restorers installed two new marble blocks in long-empty gaps on the ancient temple.
The project in Athens started in 2017 and involved quarrying, transporting, hand-carving and placing new marble blocks in one of the landmark’s triangular pediments ...
After several years of restoration work, Greece has announced the completion of a major phase in the conservation of one of ...
For the first time in about 220 years, the west façade of the Parthenon in Greece can be see in its fullest possible form. External scaffolding has now been permanently removed from the monument, ...
It’s hard not to be awestruck standing in front of the Parthenon marbles. The collection of sculptures adorned the famous archeological site, which was originally built as a temple to Athena in ...
Greece's culture ministry has said it had finished a lengthy restoration of the western facade of the Parthenon in Athens, re-creating the world-famous monument's early 1800s look.