Many collections of Parthenon statuary housed in the world ... Photograph by Granger/Album; Color: Santi Pérez. The 1816 cartoon by George Cruikshank (above) shows Lord Elgin trying to sell ...

Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens' patron goddess. Little is known about this ...

View of one of the 46 outer columns of the Parthenon, showing the precisely executed fluting (or vertical grooves). Hand-carving these flutes after the erection of the columns was one of the most ...