Located just north of the Parthenon high above the city within the Acropolis complex, the Erechtheion was constructed between 421 and 406 B.C. as a place for Athenians to worship Erechtheus, the ...
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While visitors to the Acropolis Museum in Athens can still see the 2,500-year-old caryatid statues that once graced the porch of the Erechtheion temple on the Acropolis, the marble figures are ...
The Erechtheion as seen on October 25. Caryatid sculptures function as pillars on Erechtheion, a temple dedicated to the Greek Goddess Athena. (Bailey Cichon/The Gazette) Buy Photo At the end of ...
These LEGO IDEAS sets imagine the soaring temples, libraries, and armies of ancient Greece in plastic bricks.
Holly Johnson is a travel journalist who has traveled to more than 60 countries and been on 40 cruises. Drawing on her time in Athens as a repeat Greece visitor, Johnson curated a thorough list ...