Ancient Greek sites are always must-see attractions on any European holiday, but travel expert Rick Steves says some of the ...

Although the Parthenon might appear to be geometrically straight and built from interchangeable parts, it is not. The ancient Greeks worked subtle curves into the columns, architraves, floors ...

The Parthenon remained a temple for a millennium ... Unlike the lead-coated iron the ancient Greeks had used, Balanos's clamps were exposed to the elements and eventually corroded.

Many collections of Parthenon statuary housed in the world ... Lord Elgin sent Lusieri and his team to Athens to sketch ancient works of art, as requested by Harrison. Lusieri was given free ...

"For me the Parthenon sculptures reveal to us the tensions, the discontents, the conflicts, and also the sheer brilliance of Ancient Greek culture. For the modern Greeks, the Parthenon sculptures ...

The Parthenon temple was built for the Greek ... There was never one country called ‘ancient Greece’. Greece was divided up into small city-states: Athens Sparta Corinth Olympia So, ancient ...

Jacinta Allan and Nicholas Reece turn up the pressure on Britain, calling the retention of the Parthenon Sculptures a ...

In fact, some felt this ruin deserved more accolades than the Parthenon, despite its smaller size. Like most sights found in Ancient Agora and the Acropolis, the Temple of Hephaestus can only be ...

The Greek government contends their removal was illegal and has long sought their return, seeking to reunite them with other Parthenon artifacts ... exhibitions of ancient Greek artifacts at ...