ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 ...
When 77-year-old Chilean engineer Enrico Tosti-Croce heard on the radio that Greece was fighting for marble sculptures from the Acropolis of Athens to be returned, he knew what he had to do. “When I ...
A full moon, known as the strawberry moon, has risen over the Parthenon in Athens, Greece Tuesday night. The spectacle happens every 2 or 3 years when the moon is aligned over the ancient Greek temple ...
ATHENS — In Athens, you can’t escape time’s arrow. Not even in a shiny new subway station in the heart of the city. “Do you know how many Athens we are standing on right now?” asked Despina Savvidou ...
FILE - Women stand by a marble statue of a naked youth thought to represent Greek god Dionysos, center, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, on display during a media photo opportunity to promote ...
ROME – An Italian museum is lending a fragment of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, in what both sides hope will become a permanent return that might encourage others — the British Museum, in ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 ...