Evan Hadingham Inside the Parthenon, members of the Acropolis Restoration take delivery of the architrave stone. They are surrounded by repaired components incorporating new and ancient marble pieces.

More than 2,400 years after its construction, the Parthenon—the sanctuary to the ... Today, the Greek government is overseeing a massive restoration effort. Although the edifice cannot be ...

A major push to renovate the Parthenon came in the 1890s when chief restoration engineer Nikolaos Balanos, under the auspices of the Greek government, embarked on a long-term project to strengthen ...

The Acropolis Restoration Project team faced a monumental puzzle—thousands of fragments from the Parthenon scattered across the Acropolis and others that had to be recreated because they were ...

The space was restored and finally opened to the public in 1962. Since regaining independence in 1832, successive Greek governments have petitioned for the return of the Parthenon marbles.

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

Lord Elgin, who appropriated many of the Parthenon's sculptures and brought them to London, to bring this structure as well, ...

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 ...

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 ...