gold-and-ivory statue of the goddess Athena. But classical scholar Jeffrey Hurwit, a professor of art history at the University of Oregon and expert on the architecture of the Acropolis ...
Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin ... Muslims conducted their worship beneath numerous Christian paintings and the large mosaic of the Virgin Mary. Some additions the Turks ...
The Gods of Olympus section features the sculptures created in the Classical Period of ancient Greece, from 480 to 325 BC.
New York's district attorney has returned $19m (£16m) worth of stolen art to Italy. The 58 pieces include a marble head of the goddess Athena dated 200 BC, worth an estimated $3m alone.