Greek Reporter

Why Is There A Full-Size Parthenon at the Heart of the US?

Nashville's Parthenon, a stunning replica of Greece's iconic monument, embodies cultural connection between the US and Greece ...
WKRN-TV

Nashville Parthenon: How Music City became home to the world’s only exact replica of a famous Greek temple

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — In downtown Nashville, you’ll find a structure built for a Titan—a whole team of them in fact—but a few miles away stands a replica of a structure once built for a god. Deep ...
Artnet

5 Surprising Facts About the Parthenon Marbles (Including the Existence of a Near-Perfect Replica in Nashville)

It’s hard not to be awestruck standing in front of the Parthenon marbles. The collection of sculptures adorned the famous archeological site, which was originally built as a temple to Athena in ...
Yahoo

Tourists can see an iconic landmark free of scaffolding for the first time in 200 years

For the first time in two centuries, visitors to Athens are being treated to a rare sight: the Parthenon, Greece’s most iconic structure, completely free of scaffolding, but not for long. Since the ...
NPR

Nashville's Parthenon Museum considers repatriating pre-Columbian artifacts to Mexico

NPR’s Scott Detrow talks to assistant curator at Nashville’s Parthenon Museum about her idea to repatriate hundreds of pre-Columbian artifacts back to Mexico. It was Bonnie Seymour's first day on the ...
Tennessean

Inside Nashville's quest to return centuries-old Mexican artifacts to their home

In the belly of Nashville's Parthenon, a ceramic figure of a hairless dog greets museum visitors with perked ears and a smile. Most of his story is unknown. An amateur archaeologist likely unearthed ...