On arriving in Athens ... had turned the Parthenon itself into a mosque, complete with a minaret. Detail from the western frieze of the Parthenon. British Museum, London Photograph by Josse ...

Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens ... Acropolis Museum, their places on ...

More than 2,400 years after its construction, the Parthenon—the sanctuary to the goddess Athena—still dominates the skyline of the Acropolis in Athens ... the Acropolis Museum, which will ...

Johnson As its name suggests, the Acropolis Museum – which resides in central Athens' Makrigianni district ... the Great and a gallery with various Parthenon artifacts. Many previous travelers ...

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 ...

which lacks ramps and has gravel pathways, so allow extra time when using a wheelchair. While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens ...

In 1801, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, took the Parthenon Marbles (also known as the Elgin Marbles) from Athens to England. Fifteen years later, he sold them to the British Museum, where they ...

The Elgin Marbles, originally part of Parthenon and Acropolis of Athens. On display in the British Museum in Duveen Gallery. East Pediment depicts the birth of Athena. (photo credit: EWY Media.

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

Progress in the negotiations for the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece was reported at a recent conference organized by the Greek community at the London School of Economics ...