Name: NOVA
Genre: Documentary

NOVA Episode 35.10 Secrets of the Parthenon

NOVA Episode 35.10 Secrets of the Parthenon

Episode Premiere

January 29, 2008

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

GBH

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Information

Episode Premiere

January 29, 2008

Genre

Documentary

Period

1974 -

Production Co

GBH

Distributor

PBS

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Cast and Crew

Director

Gary Glassman

Screenwriter

Gary Glassman

Additional Cast

Jay O. Sanders
Kostas Baras
Alkibiadis Bakogianis
Argirios Bangelis
Andreas Charitopoulos

Synopsis

For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, almost destroyed by explosion, and disfigured by well-meaning renovations. 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 incomparable beauty and astonishingly rapid construction? With unprecedented access, NOVA unravels the architectural and engineering mysteries of this celebrated ancient temple.