The Acropolis Restoration Project team faced a monumental puzzle—thousands of fragments from the Parthenon scattered across the Acropolis and others that had to be recreated because they were missing.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — It was a rare sight on Athens’ skyline, and it didn't last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in years. Greek residents and visitors in recent weeks ...

View of a partially restored inner column on the Parthenon. The Acropolis Restoration team has held extensive public and academic debates on the extent to which the ruins should be restored, and to ...

Before the restoration team could even start, they had to correct these mistakes by taking apart, block by block, much of the Parthenon. Paraschi took on the Herculean task of working out the original ...