New York Post

The secret history of the Parthenon

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 ...
Yahoo

The Parthenon in Athens briefly shed its scaffolding. Here's a look at its restoration

It was a rare sight on Athens’ skyline, and it didn’t last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in years. Greek residents and visitors in recent weeks enjoyed an unobstructed ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Centuries Ago, an Architect Characterized the Parthenon’s Curves as a Clever Optical Illusion. Now, a Mathematician Begs to Differ

The 2,500-year-old temple, photographed in 2009 Sharon Mollerus via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 Athens’ ancient Parthenon, the most famous of all Greek temples, looks like a perfectly ...
PBS

The Parthenon's Many Lives

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 ...