"Positive" talks between Greece and the British Museum over the Parthenon Marbles have rekindled hope that the ancient ...
Britain's Attorney General said Britain could reclaim the Ionian Islands from Greece if Athens wants the return of the ...
Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens' patron goddess. Little is known about this ...
UK officials hinted Tuesday that a deal was in the works with Greece to end a decades-long dispute over the highly contested ...
Greece’s prime minister is in London on for his first top-level U.K. meeting since a spat last year over the contested ...
So the Parthenon was an attempt on the part of Pericles and Athens to assert the city's cultural, political, and military dominance over the rest of Greece and the Aegean. Pericles called Athens ...
On arriving in Athens, the first sight these young tourists would look for was the Acropolis and its crowning glory: the pillared Parthenon, dedicated to the warrior goddess Athena. Yet even as ...
The Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis is one ... or priestesses. Erechtheion, Athens, Greece(Jason Urbanus) There is, however, according to van Rookhuijzen, another building on the Acropolis ...
If you're staying in the city center of Athens, the Acropolis may be within ... visit the official website. Acropolis and Parthenon Guided Walking Tour (2660 reviews) ...
Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (made around 440 BC). Marble; from the Parthenon, Athens Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in ...