Parthenon Reconstruction Project Details the work involved in restoring the Parthenon, including steps had to be taken to counteract the affects of natural and man-made Parthenon disasters. Bibliography on the Parthenon, divided into general and sculpture sections. Parthenon Historical setting and description of the functional and ornamental aspects of this visible representation of Athenian power created during Pericles' time. Dr. Janice Siegel's illustrated article explains the natural and man-made calamities that took their toll on the buildings of the acropolis and elsewhere. The Stripping of the Parthenon Originally Elgin wasn't even allowed to make casts of the sculpture, but once he obtained permission from the Turkish government to take pieces not essential to the structures, wholesale looting of the artifacts began.
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