Where Is the Parthenon?

by Roberta Edwards

Book Overview

Discover the ruins of the Parthenon, one of the most famous and beautiful places in the world Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served as a temple for a couple hundred years. It then became a church, then a mosque, and by the end of the 1600s served as a storehouse for munitions. When an enemy army fired hundreds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448488892
• ISBN13: 9780448488899
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7