The new Muslim rulers converted the Parthenon to a mosque, but according to written accounts from the mid-1600s, they made fewer changes to the building than the Christians had. For most of the ...

had turned the Parthenon itself into a mosque, complete with a minaret. Detail from the western frieze of the Parthenon. British Museum, London Photograph by Josse/Scala, Florence In 1687 ...

For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at ... It has gone from temple, to church, to mosque, to munitions dump. What could be next? How about a scientific search for the secrets of its ...