Key exhibits include a relief of Athena Nike, several carved statues from Erechtheion, the head of a statue of Alexander the Great and a gallery with various Parthenon artifacts. Many previous ...
A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...
Still, much of its ornamentation and art is now gone. One of these losses is a gigantic statue of Athena once located inside the Parthenon. Known as Athena Parthenos, it stood almost 40 feet tall ...
The sculptures are a collection of marble decorations from the Temple of Athena, or the Parthenon ... of the museum's standout exhibits include statues from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos ...
It was modeled on the Parthenon, the Greek temple to the goddess Athena. The 38,000-ton structure ... Ground was broken in 1914. The statue of the seated Lincoln was made from 28 blocks of Georgia ...
Some scholars believe it to be a remnant of the Victory who drove Athena's car in the ... heads to the studio of the Parthenon sculptors. For of heads and statues chiseled over life size in ...
Cowan plus other gallery pieces in temporary shows and exhibits. The Parthenon sits atop Centennial Park and has a replica of the 42-foot statue of Athena. Admission is $10 and it is open every ...
9- Colossus of Rhodes – Greece The Colossus of Rhodes, a towering statue of the sun god Helios ... of Greece and houses iconic structures like the Parthenon, Erechtheion, and Temple of Athena Nike, ...
Nicknamed the “Athens of the South” for its number of universities and colleges, Nashville is also home to the only replica of the Athenian Parthenon. Enter through the doors of this building and find ...