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

The most ambitious building program in Greek history, the building of the Parthenon was Pericles' greatest triumph and he oversaw the project personally. Costing 5000 talents in the first year ...

Although the Parthenon might appear to be geometrically ... Korres, by studying tool marks in old marble, has reconstructed ancient chisels and other tools that he believes were, in their day ...

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Ever since the early 19th century, when Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin, sawed off ...

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 ...

This identity is reinforced with the Parthenon, a full-scale replica of the one found in Athens. Although Nashville's Parthenon was only meant to be temporary – it was built for the Tennessee ...

was rebuilt starting in 1921 to take it from a temporary installation to a permanent celebration of Nashville's nickname, ...