What is the Parthenon? Include the time period, architect, who built it, building materials, and in what city is it located.

Questions:

1. What is the Parthenon? Include the time period, architect, who built it, building materials, and in what city is it located.
2. As discussed in the video, why or what is important about this architectural work: Identify the building’s unique features and meaning.
3. How has the Ancient Greek culture influenced other cultures? What does the Parthenon mean to us today and to others in the past. (Give examples of other buildings)
4. Describe in your own words, naming people who are working on the restoration, what the people are doing to restore this architectural work.Identify some of the challenges that they have to work within the process.
5. According to the video, what is the Salamis Stone, where is it located, and what information was revealed by its discovery? How was that important to understanding this work of ancient architecture?