View the Parthenon as it stood in 432 BCE

ILLUMINATING THE PARTHENON | Annual of the British School at Athens

ILLUMINATING THE PARTHENON

View the Parthenon as it stood in 432 BCE

You can now get a sense of the awe-inspiring Parthenon in all its former glory thanks to a multiyear endeavor merging history and 3D computer modeling. University of Oxford archeologist Juan de Lara combined primary source information, astronomical data, and CGI to digitally recreate the ancient Greek pilgrimage site as it appeared to visitors arriving at the temple in 432 BCE. The result offers a remarkable look at one of the Hellenistic period…

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