This cross section shows how the Parthenon would have looked in antiquity identifies where the friezes (1), metopes (2), and pediments (3) seen in the following photos would have been located.
As director of the Acropolis Restoration Project over the past three decades, architect Manolis Korres knows the marble blocks of the Parthenon as well as anyone today. Yet he recognizes that many ...
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 ...
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 ...