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

The Parthenon's interior has long been seen as a bright marble space, a new 3D model of the temple shows otherwise.

The new research shows how light would have spilled into the Parthenon's doorway at specific times of the year, which would ...

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

Greece has filed a lawsuit over the alleged violation of a law for the protection of antiquities by what appeared to be a ...

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

An alleged advertising campaign by Adidas has come into legal trouble after being accused of 'kicking the Acropolis'.

The move comes weeks after Greece dismissed a request by director Yorgos Lathimos, known for the films The Favourite, Poor ...

Contrary to Enlightenment-era belief, ancient Greece’s Parthenon was actually “dark and dim” on the inside. A new study ...

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

Archaeologist Juan de Lara of Oxford University spent four years reconstructing the ancient temple’s lighting with a precision never before achieved. He lifts the veil — both literal and metaphorical ...

The light entered through the door of the temple on the morning of the day of the Panathenaeans, and was reflected in the statue and in the pools of water. Credit: Juan de Lara The Parthenon temple on ...