In early 19th-century London, the arrival of temple artworks taken from the Acropolis of Athens inspired both poetic raptures ...

In 1687, amid the Great Turkish War, Venice’s forces rained a fusillade of cannonballs on the Ottoman-held Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The Turks had been using the Classical temple as a storage ...

St Clair set out to dismantle the old cliché that the Parthenon’s partial destruction was caused by the Turks. An earthquake of 1640 had damaged the Propylaia (the ceremonial gateway ...

Later, Christians repurposed the temple as a church, purposely defacing many mythological figures on the Parthenon marbles. During the Siege of Athens in 1687, the Turks used the Parthenon for ...

In 1801, Elgin negotiated what he claimed was permission from the Turks, who then controlled Athens, to remove statues from the Parthenon, claiming they were better off in Britain. The document ...

They hosted lots of parties and, befitting their diplomatic roles, gave lavish gifts to the Turks: gold watches ... especially the Parthenon, a temple built by the Greeks for the goddess Athena ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can now get a sense of the awe-inspiring Parthenon in all its ...

The Parthenon was built between 447 and 432 BCE, and has long been considered “the refinement of refinement” in classical architecture. For centuries, historians have wondered how this ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) 3D modeling and lighting simulations indicate the Parthenon's interior was predominantly dim, contradicting previous assumptions of a brightly lit space. Direct ...

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Ever since the early 19th century, when Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin, sawed off ...

The debate surrounding the rightful place of the Parthenon Marbles, which were removed from the Acropolis, the site of the ancient complex of temples that overlooks Athens, by agents of Lord Elgin ...