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South Metope IV of the Parthenon is one of many sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece that have been scattered across the ...
Although the Parthenon might appear to be geometrically straight and built from interchangeable parts, it is not. The ancient Greeks worked subtle curves into the columns, architraves, floors ...
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.
Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the ... Unlike the lead-coated iron the ancient Greeks had used, Balanos's clamps were exposed to ...
The two high-relief sculptures were transferred to the Great Gymnasium of the excavations to begin restoration and will be among the prominent exhibits in the exhibition Being a Woman in Ancient ...
More than 2,400 years after its construction, the Parthenon—the sanctuary to the ... which will showcase more than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and artifacts when it opens in autumn 2008.
"For me the Parthenon sculptures reveal to us the tensions, the discontents, the conflicts, and also the sheer brilliance of Ancient Greek ... a series of 92 square relief carvings, known as ...
"For me the Parthenon sculptures reveal to us the tensions, the discontents, the conflicts, and also the sheer brilliance of Ancient Greek ... a series of 92 square relief carvings, known as ...