Professor Juan de Lara's four-year study, published in the scientific journal The Annual of the British School at Athens, answers a question that has puzzled the scientific community for centuries: ...

The Parthenon, a mid-5th-century temple atop the hill of the Acropolis, is dedicated to Athena, the Greek deity of wisdom and the patron goddess of Athens. Despite enduring damage, that masterpiece ...

The light entered through the door of the temple on the morning of the day of the Panathenaeans, and was reflected in the statue and in the pools of water. Credit: Juan de Lara The Parthenon temple on ...

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Tourists visiting the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, will have a chance this summer to see the Parthenon temple without scaffolding for the first time since 1983, as a restoration project that goes back ...

The Parthenon was one of the most famous monuments of the ancient world. But today its columns are crumbling to dust. Its current state isn’t due to wear and tear from exposure to the elements over ...

For the first time in about 220 years, the west façade of the Parthenon in Greece can be see in its fullest possible form. External scaffolding has now been permanently removed from the monument, ...

This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. During the 1700s, a European Grand Tour was a rite of passage for the sons of wealthy families. Lasting for up ...