South Metope IV of the Parthenon is one of many sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece that have been scattered across the ...

(The word parthenon in its Greek form means "of the virgins ... The famed statue of Athena had already been removed, possibly after a fire in the third century. In its place, the Christians ...

During the past 2,500 years, the Parthenon—the apotheosis of ancient Greek architecture—has been rocked by earthquakes, set on fire, shattered by exploding gunpowder, looted for its stunning ...

The British pop icon emphatically supports the return of the Acropolis sculptures taken by Lord Elgin, urging Britain to ...

British tourists are among the thousands evacuated from the Greek wildfires raging as high as 80ft around the Parthenon temple ... Overnight the fire spread southward and is burning on several ...

Since the 15th century, Greece had been ruled by the Ottoman Empire, whose troops had converted the Acropolis into a garrison, and whose sultan, Mehmed II, had turned the Parthenon itself into a ...

More than 2,400 years after its construction, the Parthenon—the sanctuary to the ... The explosion reduced the sanctuary to near ruins. Today, the Greek government is overseeing a massive ...

(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 ...

After conservative UK leaders refused to send Parthenon fragments home to Greece, a new government has ushered 'constructive' negotiations over a return. https://p.dw ...