Ancient Greece has somehow materialized in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, and it’s not a mirage or movie set. The ...

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Archaeology & History The Parthenon Was Once Illuminated by Dazzling Tricks of Light, New Study Finds The Parthenon was deliberately dark, research suggests.

The Parthenon temple on the Acropolis of Athens housed a colossal statue made of gold and ivory, carved by the famous sculptor Phidias in 438 BC. Its view from the entrance of the temple must have ...

One of the heads returned by the Vatican to Athens as part of their ecumenical 'donation' ...

Christopher Hitchens, among the most eloquent and forceful advocates of rejoining the Parthenon marbles, helped tilt me toward the cause of repatriation. With great timing, Verso Books has just ...

The Parthenon marbles are rarely out of the news. Most recently, Turkish officials have rejected claims by the British Museum that British diplomat Lord Elgin was given permission from Ottoman ...

An excerpt from Alexander Herman's new book "The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage, Law, Politics" goes to the source of the marbles.

They are original parts of the temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, completed in 432 BC as the crowning glory of Athens' Golden Age. The largest temple on the Acropolis, the Parthenon has ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has cancelled a planned meeting with his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis due to a diplomatic row over the status of the 2,500-year-old ...

How Parthenon sculptures sparked a diplomatic row between Greece and UK The UK prime minister cancelled a scheduled meeting with his Greek counterpart after Athens demanded permanent return of ...