For the past 230 years or so, the story that was sculpted into the frieze of the Parthenon, the most influential building in the western world, has seemed fairly straight-forward, depicting a civic ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Katie Petrole knows her ancient history. But seven years ago the museum professional knew nothing about the world’s only exact replica of the Parthenon that’s holding court ...

Students use a viewing guide while watching a program about the reconstruction of the Parthenon and discuss answers to questions related to the monument after watching. Built as a temple for the ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Just to the west of downtown Nashville is one of the city’s premier parks, with over 100 acres of grassy lawns and a large pond. However, before it was known as Centennial ...

It’s hard not to be awestruck standing in front of the Parthenon marbles. The collection of sculptures adorned the famous archeological site, which was originally built as a temple to Athena in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — In downtown Nashville, you’ll find a structure built for a Titan—a whole team of them in fact—but a few miles away stands a replica of a structure once built for a god. Deep ...

The Parthenon’s base was 23,028 square feet (about half the size of a football field) and its 46 outer columns were some 34 feet high. A 525-foot frieze wrapped around the top of the exterior wall of ...