A researcher simulated the Athenian temple’s lighting conditions at different times of the day, discovering that its interior ...

But the Parthenon’s true nature, as a new study reveals, was something very different — and far more extraordinary. Inside, it turns out, was deliberately very dark. Archaeologist Juan de Lara ...

“We know little about what actually took place inside the Parthenon,” Lara said. “What rituals were performed? Who was allowed to enter and when?” Despite such uncertainty, Lara thinks ...

All survived mostly intact for more than 1,000 years, despite war, earthquakes, foreign invasions and the temple’s makeover first as a church and then a mosque. But in 1687, the Parthenon was ...

Heavily influenced by Byzantine architecture, the rebuilt structure is made from Pentelic marble—the same type of stone that makes up the Parthenon ... facade of the church. Inside, St ...

In a gesture many might find curiously defined, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis would be “donating” to his counterpart in the Orthodox Christian church fragments of Parthenon ...

During the visit, the pope publicly acknowledged the mistakes of the Catholic Church in dealing with Greek Orthodox communities and took a nighttime tour of the Parthenon. The Pope made another ...

Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican Museums to return three Parthenon fragments to Greece ... on repairing relations with the Greek Orthodox Church. Pope Francis last met with Archbishop ...

Pope Francis ordered the Vatican Museums to return the three Parthenon marbles held in their ... of Athens and head of the Greek Orthodox Church, and said it signaled “a concrete sign of his ...

Inside the secret meetings that could seal the fate of the Parthenon Marbles on facebook (opens in a new window) Inside the secret meetings that could seal the fate of the Parthenon Marbles on ...