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

Many of the greatest wonders of times past were discovered by accident. French soldiers stumbled across the Rosetta Stone in ...

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

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

While only portions of the exterior building exist today, historical records describe a remarkable pilgrimage site dedicated to Athena, the Greek goddess ... s goddess statue was built using ...

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 ...

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

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.