In 1687, when Venetian forces that were part of a Holy League against the Ottoman Empire raided Athens, the Ottomans converted the Parthenon into an ammunition store as well as a shelter for women ...

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 ...

Having won the favor of the governor of Athens, Lusieri and his men dismantled a large part of the frieze from the Parthenon as well as numerous capitals and metopes. Finally in 1803, the huge ...

The Greek government insists they should be in Athens; the British Museum's Trustees believe that in London they're an integral part of the story of world cultures. "For me the Parthenon ...

The Greek government insists they should be in Athens; the British Museum's Trustees believe that in London they're an integral part of the story of world cultures. "For me the Parthenon ...