Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens' patron goddess. Little is known about this ...

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 ...

Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (made around 440 BC). Marble; from the Parthenon, Athens Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens ...

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and marveled at the designs of Phidias and the new Parthenon. Athens had become the school of Greece. Pericles' was by now far too popular for his rivals to topple him as the city's leader.

Aerial photo taken by drone of iconic new modern Acropolis museum, Acropolis hill and the Parthenon ... highlight Athens' role as a hub of design innovation. As the architectural landscape ...

Athens is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It has been a place of human settlement for at least 5,000 years.

Greek authorities announced that scores of stolen artifacts including coins and vessels have surfaced by surprise in an ...

10 am - Dive into Athens' multifaceted urban landscape with a street art tour ... head to iconic historic sites like the ...

Most of the pieces of the Elgin Marbles are from the Parthenon in Athens, a temple built by the ancient Greeks in the 5th century BC. There are also pieces from other temples in the area built ...

Still, the city is also known as the "Athens of the South" thanks to the numerous higher education institutions established there. This identity is reinforced with the Parthenon, a full-scale ...

An early start allowed us to tour the city of Athens and enter the Parthenon and ... highlighted how the unique architecture of the Parthenon took advantage of natural slope of the landscape when it ...