You can now get a sense of the awe-inspiring Parthenon in all its former glory thanks to a multiyear endeavor merging history ...

In the summer of 1897, a team of architects in Nashville completed a life-size replica of the Parthenon — an homage to ...

By combining archaeology and technology, a researcher has shed light on a longstanding architectural mystery: how the ancient ...

The Parthenon's interior has long been seen as a bright marble space, a new 3D model of the temple shows otherwise.

The three-dimensional reconstruction that was created uses primary sources, astronomical data, and advanced CGI technologies ...

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 ...

We can only imagine how glorious the Parthenon must have appeared in the middle of the fifth century B.C., with worshippers gathered in its towering central sanctuary paying tribute to a 40-foot ...

View of one of the 46 outer columns of the Parthenon, showing the precisely executed fluting (or vertical grooves). Hand-carving these flutes after the erection of the columns was one of the most ...

On arriving in Athens, the first sight these young tourists would look for was the Acropolis and its crowning glory: the pillared Parthenon, dedicated to the warrior goddess Athena. Yet even as ...

Contrary to the traditional image of Greek temples as bright, open spaces, de Lara's research shows that the Parthenon remained dark inside, creating a theatrical atmosphere that selectively ...

The mystery of the Parthenon’s lighting system, and how ancient Greeks illuminated the statue of Athena, is finally solved in ...

Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (made around 440 BC). Marble; from the Parthenon, Athens Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens ...