The mystery of the Parthenon’s lighting system, and how ancient Greeks illuminated the statue of Athena, is finally solved in ...

You can now get a sense of the awe-inspiring Parthenon in all its former glory thanks to a multiyear endeavor merging history ...

Do you think you know the Parthenon, Greece's ancient marvel? But do you know it well enough that it had a pool?

Architectural evidence and historic record, including reference to the Parthenon's 40-foot-high, gold-and-ivory statue of Athena ... of the goddess. (The word parthenon in its Greek form means ...

The Parthenon, a mid-5th-century temple atop the hill of the Acropolis, is dedicated to Athena, the Greek deity of wisdom and ...

This ancient temple, once dedicated to the goddess Athena ... especially the massive ivory and gold statue of Athena that was created by the Ancient Greek sculptor, Phidias, in 438 BCE.

She was worshiped all over the Greek world ... first acts were to erect a wooden statue of Athena and to found the Panathenaia, a festival in honor of the goddess. Athena is the patron goddess ...

A Greek coin showing Pegasus and the goddess ... Inside stood a giant statue of Athena, the patron goddess of the city. When people needed help from the gods, they went to the temple to pray.