Say you're a Turkish horde occupying Athens. Where you gonna store your gun powder? In the Parthenon, natch. And of course it exploded—back in the day, preservation freaks! back in the day!!—or else we wouldn't waste your time with a mention. Blame Venice. The 'Non, as you all know, being educated sots, got the shit kicked out of it; paint flew, empowering generations of modernists to believe the ancients favored their palette, and the metopes got blown all the way to the British Museum. But there it stood, hale and firm, until...it rained? Something to give thanks for: the "Greeks" say the old girl's not gonna Malibu right off the Acropolis. Next up...can it survive Bernard?

· Officials Say Parthenon Safe [Happy News]

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