Is the Parthenon the original?

An earlier structure known as the Older Parthenon or Pre-Parthenon once existed on the site of the current Parthenon. Many historians believe the Older Parthenon was under construction in 480 B.C. when the Persian Empire attacked Athens and destroyed the Acropolis, although some experts dispute this theory.



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It's staggering to think that 2,000 years ago the Romans were constructing buildings like the Pantheon, a domed masterpiece with a portico of 12 granite columns. It is the oldest building on Earth still in regular use and looking up at its glorious ceiling and occulus, the sense of space is truly breathtaking.

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Some 80% of the original Parthenon frieze, sculpted in the fifteenth century, between 443 and 438 BC, remains intact, but much of it resides outside Greece. The Parthenon sat abandoned after a series of military attacks and raids during the 1800s.

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But the pyramids are much older than other ancient structures, including the Parthenon (447 B.C.), the Great Wall of China (220 B.C.) and the Colosseum (A.D. 80). The Neolithic temple Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, however, is older from 11,000 to 12,000 years ago.

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Ready for more interesting facts about the Colosseum that may surprise you? The Great Pyramid of Giza is more than 2,600 years older than the famous Italian arena, and the Acropolis is more than 500 years older!

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The final difference between the two sacred spaces might be that Stonehenge has remained largely undisturbed in its structure since its creation from 3,200 to 1,500 BCE, while the Parthenon, built from 447 to 432 BCE, was actually built over a temple that previously been burned down by the Persian Army around 480 BCE ( ...

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The Pantheon and the Parthenon are both ancient temples. While the Pantheon was built in Rome to celebrate all the Roman gods, the Parthenon was built in Ancient Greece for the goddess Athena.

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In fact, the current monument is the third Pantheon, constructed nearly 200 years after Marcus Vispanius Agrippa commissioned the original in 25-27 BC. Though studies are continuing to reveal more about the original Pantheon, much of its history, usage, and architecture are still left unknown.

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This paradox mystical holiness of the place can be explained. The most plausible seem to be the following, there is an increased level of radiation on the Acropolis hill, and so the smart birds feel it and do not attend.

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Known as the Parthenon Sculptures, they are also called the Elgin Marbles, after the Scottish nobleman Lord Elgin, who stripped them from the ancient Acropolis in Athens in 1801 and sold them to the British government in 1816.

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