Nashville's Parthenon, a stunning replica of Greece's iconic monument, embodies cultural connection between the US and Greece in Tennessee.
the Greek struggle to gain freedom from the Ottoman Empire. Archeologists estimate that Turkish soldiers removed 520 blocks of marble from the Parthenon ruins to create makeshift defenses ...
Before the restoration team could begin, they had to take apart, block by block, and repair nearly every piece of the Parthenon. That's because early restorers, most notoriously a Greek engineer ...
Besides the popular attractions, such as the Acropolis and Delphi, there are many more amazing archaeological around Greece ...
His first wife was a Greek Cypriot ... visitors could see the ruins of the temple and then the Parthenon marbles in the same afternoon. They could also appreciate the irony of the marbles ...
Marble; from the Parthenon, Athens Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon ... been able to look closely at Greek sculpture, and they were ...
ATHENS, Greece — Greek lawmakers on Wednesday elected as president a former parliamentary speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum ...
IT WAS so hot tourists were collapsing!” my taxi driver proclaims, throwing his hands in the air as he recalls tales of ...
The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...
The trip included the coastal city of Kalamata, the ruins ... the Parthenon and the Acropolis’ slopes. The rest of the day was free to visit other museums, stroll through the Athens Botanical Gardens ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek lawmakers on Wednesday elected as president a former parliamentary speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon sculptures from the British ...