View of one of the 46 outer columns of the Parthenon, showing the precisely executed fluting (or vertical grooves). Hand-carving these flutes after the erection of the columns was one of the most ...

On arriving in Athens, the first sight these young tourists would look for was the Acropolis and its crowning glory: the pillared Parthenon ... Taking the long view, he was justified in ...

The most ambitious building program in Greek history, the building of the Parthenon was Pericles' greatest ... which caused great resentment among many of Athens' allies, who were to be the ...

(This video is no longer available for online streaming.) For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, almost destroyed by ...

The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

The chairman and founder of the International Organising Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles in ... to the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Mr Comino has spent the last 42 ...

on the non-Athenian view of the Parthenon: "I think the Parthenon must have been the kind of building that you spat at and kicked if you could. You knew, if you were one of Athens' subjects ...

He suggests that it is not the best time to reopen the contentious issue of whether the Parthenon Sculptures should be returned to Athens or remain ... people should not view the marbles coldly ...