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Ten of the Acropolis Museum’s Most Beautiful Exhibits

The Acropolis Museum located only 330 meters (1,000 feet) from the famed hill of the same name hosts some of the world's most important antiquities

When Lord Elgin Removed the First Sculptures from the Parthenon

Thomas Bruce, also known as Lord Elgin, was the 7th Earl of Elgin and the English ambassador in Constantinople when he stole precious ancient sculptures from the Parthenon to take to England in the late summer of 1801, marking...

Five Caryatids in Athens Still Waiting for Their Lonely Sister from the UK

The Erechtheion, the ancient Greek temple held up by statues known as Caryatids, was dedicated to the gods Athena and Poseidon; it still stands on the Athens Acropolis, much like the Parthenon just meters away, as a testament to...

The Oldest Photograph of the Acropolis

French photographer and draughtsman Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey took the first-ever photograph of the Acropolis of Athens in 1842.

Walhalla: Germany’s Copy of the Parthenon of Acropolis in Greece

The iconic Parthenon in Athens has inspired many buildings around the world, including Walhalla, Germany's hall of fame. Preserving historical memory and cultural heritage, this building is one of the most important and majestic monuments of Germany, dating back to...

Parthenon Sculptures Were Colorful, New Scientific Analysis Shows

New evidence say that the Parthenon sculptures were colorful and had detailed designs with human figures and palm leaf patterns. This revelation comes from a study published in the journal Antiquity. Researchers used advanced scanning technology to closely examine...

Acropolis’ Parthenon Has Been Named Wrong, Theory Claims

An intriguing claim was published in the American Journal of Archaeology and the Dutch version of the National Geographic magazine in regard to the name of the Parthenon, Greece's iconic temple. According to a Dutch researcher who published this theory,...

The Kritios Boy, a Masterpiece of Ancient Greek Art

The Kritios Boy, a statue displayed at the Acropolis Museum is one of the most important works of ancient Greek art and the most characteristic of the so-called "Severe Style." The statue’s torso was found in 1865 to 1866 southeast...

The Day the Acropolis’ Parthenon was Destroyed

On September 26, 1687, the Parthenon of Acropolis in Athens faced a severe blow and was partly destroyed by Francesco Morosini, the leader of the Venetian army, who, as part of the Morean War, led an expedition to attack...

The Flower That Only Grows on the Acropolis of Athens

Found interspersed among the rocky terrain of the Acropolis of Athens is a small plant with pink flowers, the micromeria acropolitana.