Eventually, gunpowder the Turks had stored in the Parthenon ignited, blowing out 28 columns, damaging several internal rooms, and killing up to 300 people. In the ensuing century and a half ...

The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not nationalism.

We tend to assume that the Athenians were perfectly beautiful people who built perfectly ... And the great statue of Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon, made of gold and ivory, held in the ...

While the Athenian Acropolis is often what comes to mind when people hear the word acropolis ... a gigantic statue of Athena once located inside the Parthenon. Known as Athena Parthenos, it ...

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 ...

For most people today, the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum provoke only one question: should they be in London or in Athens? The Greek government insists they should be in Athens ...

One more cool detail – while you aren't allowed to actually go inside the Parthenon in Athens, visitors can enter and explore ...

Sir St. Fry is a distinguished British actor, writer, director and a known philhellene and supporter of the return of the ...

This identity is reinforced with the Parthenon, a full-scale replica of the one found in Athens. Although Nashville's Parthenon was only meant to be temporary – it was built for the Tennessee ...

For most people today, the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum provoke only one question: should they be in London or in Athens? The Greek government insists they should be in Athens ...