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 ...

(This video is no longer available for online streaming.) For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, almost destroyed by ...

Every year, as the academic year reaches its toughest point and the weather refuses to decide if it’s spring or still winter, ...

Here's Mary Beard again, on the non-Athenian view of the Parthenon: "I think the Parthenon must have been the kind of building that you spat at and kicked if you could. You knew, if you were one ...