During the past 2,500 years, the Parthenon—the apotheosis of ancient Greek architecture—has been rocked by earthquakes, set on fire, shattered by exploding gunpowder, looted for its stunning ...

Many significant ancient Greek temples are found not only in Greece but also in other countries that were once part of the ...

The ancient Greeks saw an analogy between architecture ... three years after the Parthenon's completion, the temple has lived on for 25 centuries as the pinnacle of Greek architecture that he ...

Dominating the Acropolis, the Parthenon stands as the epitome of ancient Greek architecture. Dedicated to the goddess Athena, ...

If you're like most people, you probably know the Acropolis, and specifically the Parthenon ... its traces of Greek architecture. But almost no one has heard of Paestum. This ancient Greek ...

Before the restoration team could begin, they had to take apart, block by block, and repair nearly every piece of the Parthenon. That's because early restorers, most notoriously a Greek engineer ...

Perhaps our greatest temple is the Parthenon at the centre of the ... He describes the features of Ancient Greek architecture including symmetry, and Greek ceramic art which has provided ...

More than 2,400 years after its construction, the Parthenon—the sanctuary to the ... The explosion reduced the sanctuary to near ruins. Today, the Greek government is overseeing a massive ...

NUGAS members during the event held by NUGAS for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles Source: SBS Greek From NUGAS event for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles Source: SBS Greek ...

Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens, and a few years later put them on public show in London. For most western Europeans it was the ...