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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...