Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours and now a Danish ...

The Cyclades are a treasure trove of archaeological sites, offering a glimpse into the rich history of the Aegean.

What if the gods actually ‘eat’ the food you offer them? Not just symbolically — but physically, as though the divine hand ...

The Parthenon The Parthenon stands as an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and its democratic ideals. Perched majestically on ...

Nashville was once called the “Athens of the South”, so in 1896 The Parthenon at Centennial Park was built with a 42ft statue of Athena inside. Also in the huge urban park is a stop for ...

Key exhibits include a relief of Athena Nike, several carved statues from Erechtheion, the head of a statue of Alexander the Great and a gallery with various Parthenon artifacts. Many previous ...

With its towering Parthenon, a temple dedicated to Athena, the complex represents the height of Athenian ... Carved by the Rapa Nui people, there are more than 600 gigantic Megalith Moai statues which ...

Statue of Greek goddess Athena in Nashville’s Parthenon. Credit: wikimedia commons / Michael Rivera CC BY 4.0 Unlike the real ruins of the Parthenon in Greece, central to Nashville’s replica is the ...

Some scholars believe it to be a remnant of the Victory who drove Athena's car in the ... heads to the studio of the Parthenon sculptors. For of heads and statues chiseled over life size in ...

At the top is a central dome surrounded by 72 statues of the Buddha ... Propylaea (ceremonial gateway), and the smaller temples of Erechtheion and Athena Nike, but it is the Parthenon that really ...