They also took 247 feet—just under half—of the total frieze, as well as removing one of the caryatids (female sculptures) from the nearby portico of the Erechtheion, and four fragments from ...

The movie through the use of 3D graphics retraces the monuments adventures as well as all the restoration interventions that took place over the past century Drawing information from the data ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Once you're inside the Acropolis Museum, look for the famous caryatids – a collection of marble statues that were replaced by copies on the Erechtheion for the purpose of ...

The famous hill in Athens with the ruins of the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, and the Temple of Athena Nike is a UNESCO World ...

But my memory of long afternoons spent gazing at the hard-working caryatids who support the roof of the Erechtheion and the ravaged pediment of the Parthenon is always of the heroic old structures ...

Erechtheion and, of course, the Parthenon – are found. Once the political hub of ancient Athens, the Acropolis ruins tower over modern Athens from their perch in the center of the city.

The Acropolis was just unbelievable -- the giant stone gate in front, the Temple of Nike, the Erechtheion, the Parthenon, everything just blew my mind. I also stole an olive from Athena's olive tree ...

The Melancholic Karyatides parure by Antiquarian poetically transforms ancient Greek heritage into a striking contemporary ...

Its graceful Ionic columns and friezes capture the essence of Athenian triumphs in battle. Dedicated to Athena and Poseidon, the Erechtheion on the northern side of the Acropolis boasts a unique ...

May 2022. “Caryatids and Their Cultural Meaning: From the Erechtheion’s Maidens to Disney’s Seven Dwarfs.” Classical Association of New England, Summer Institute, Brown University. July 2017.

Zigres/Shutterstock London's Westminster Palace, which houses both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, sits prettily ...