Temples are hallowed ground, sheltering a community’s most coveted religious or cultural artifacts. Ancient Greece cultivated ...

For centuries, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have stirred fascination. These legendary structures, once towering ...

This temple, dedicated to the goddess Athena, patron saint of Athens, measures almost 70 meters long, 30 meters wide, and ...

Athena, a goddess of wisdom and warfare and the patron goddess of Athens, was one of the most popular deities in the Greek ...

that masterpiece remains a quintessential example of Classical Greek architecture, celebrated for the impressive 40-foot-tall chryselephantine (inlaid gold-and-ivory) statue of Athena housed within.

A researcher simulated the Athenian temple’s lighting conditions at different times of the day, discovering that its interior ...

Contrary to the traditional image of Greek temples ... the gold and ivory statue of Athena by Phidias, made in 438 BCE, enhancing its divine appearance. Using digital modeling and physics ...

The Parthenon is probably one of the most iconic examples of Greek architecture. This ancient ... digital tools to recreate the temple’s structure, which also included a model of the statue of ...

"He was utterly charming," said Parthenon president Wesley Paine, who said that when the Rolling Stones frontman and his group of four saw the larger-than-life golden statue Athena on Tuesday ...

The Art Institute curator of the arts of Greece ... The ancient Romans were surrounded by media. It’s just that our media today tends to be digital, and in the ancient Roman world, sculpture ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) – A headless, bronze statue at the Cleveland Museum of ... stone base at the Sebasteion that bears a legend in ancient Greek of “Marcus Aurelius,” the new tests suggest ...

Of all the ancient cultures clustered around the eastern half of the Mediterranean Sea, whether Egypt, Greece, Persia or ... crafted silver relief bust of Athena, goddess of wisdom and warfare ...