Topic: The Parthenon
Like the victory goddess it honours, Athens' ancient Temple of Athena Nike stands free of scaffolding for the first time in nine years in a testament to another triumph -- the prolific restoration of the Acropolis.Greece may be struggling to ward off ...
Endangered places are locations that are believed to be under threat. There are a number of reasons why sites can become endangered and a number of different criteria are used to identify endangered places by conservation organizations, governments, historical societies, and other ...
When I tell people that I excavate at an archaeological site in northern Israel, many times their first response is, " The site of Omrit in the Northern Galilee has a history that encompasses the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic eras. With ...
New Acropolis Museum, museum in Athens, Greece, built to house the archaeological remains of the ancient Acropolis site that were formerly housed in the original Acropolis Museum (first opened in 1876). Notable works from the collection include the original Caryatids, the relief ...
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece got back more than 200 classical and medieval antiquities from European countries, a step it hopes will help bring back the Parthenon marbles from Britain.Greece's Culture Ministry Tuesday presented the artifacts -- from ancient coins and vases to ...
Old news from the Oracle: Marathon Plain, northeast of Athens, was the scene of the Athenians' battle victory in 490 B.C. over the Persians. The upward path brought us past the ruins of the temple of Apollo, dating back several hundred years ...
a super-modern, glass-walled building set at the foot of the ancient Acropolis. But while the New Acropolis Museum, designed by New York-based architect Bernard Tschumi, may appear to defy Athens's great history, it is, in fact, the city's most ambitious attempt to ...
To find out what the Greek gods looked like, it would seem reasonable to start in Room 18 of the British Museum. Not so to the Greeks, who thought of their gods in living color and portrayed them that way too. Thus ...
AP Interview: Modern Architecture Meets Antiquity in New Acropolis MuseumOne of Greece's most modern buildings is about to become home to some of the country's most treasured antiquities.In a painstaking operation set to start Sunday, more than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and ...
Acropolis Statues Ready for Crane Ride to New MuseumSwaddled in white drop cloths, hundreds of sculptural masterpieces from the Acropolis are waiting to be delicately lifted by crane to a glass and concrete museum nearing completion at the foot of the ancient ...
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Greece Disappearing Temple
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Greece Acropolis
The 2,500-year-old Erechtheion temple is seen through columns of the ancient ...AP Features - -
Travel Trip Athens On A Budget
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Secrets of the Parthenon
www.pbs.org - For 25 centuries, the Parthenon has been ...2009-03-18 -
Building of the Parthenon
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Ancient Greek architects were on to something when they built ...2008-01-24
