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You can now see the iconic Parthenon free of scaffolding for the first time in decades – but not for long
A man drinks water in front of the Parthenon temple, during a heatwave in Athens, Greece on July 8, 2025. (Photo by Costas Baltas/Anadolu via Getty Images) Visitors to Greece can now enjoy a clear, ...
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 ...
ATHENS, Greece -- Walking along the broad pedestrian street that runs along the base of Athens' famed Acropolis Hill, visitors can now enjoy something not seen in decades: an unobstructed, scaffolding ...
The following essay has been adapted from the new book The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage, Law, Politics (Hart / Bloomsbury, 2023) by Alexander Herman, director of the Institute of Art and Law. I ...
The Parthenon marbles are rarely out of the news. Most recently, Turkish officials have rejected claims by the British Museum that British diplomat Lord Elgin was given permission from Ottoman ...
The hills around Vari, 10 miles southeast of Athens, are etched with the musings of bored shepherds. The more than 2,000 graffiti (and counting) feature trireme warships, speeding horses, packs of ...
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Experts said the fragment, recovered by divers from the Greek culture ministry, matched the style and dimensions of the ...
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