{"id":57536,"date":"2024-09-07T11:48:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T11:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=57536"},"modified":"2024-09-07T11:48:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T11:48:27","slug":"parthenons-permanent-scaffolding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=57536","title":{"rendered":"Parthenon&#8217;s permanent scaffolding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>ATHENS, Greece<\/strong> &#8212; I have concluded that one of tbe world&#8217;s ancient wonders is permanently &#8220;scarred&#8221; by the presence of scaffolding.<\/p>\n<p>The Parthenon was built in Athens five centuries before Jesus&#8217;s birth. It has been bombarded, used as a depot for explosive ordnance and has fallen victim to the ravages of time.<\/p>\n<p>Today I made my fourth trip to see Parthenon and was disappointed yet again by the site of scaffolding inside and outside the structure.<\/p>\n<p>None of the guides showing the antiquity to the public could answer my question: Does the scaffolding ever come down? Ever?<\/p>\n<p>I know that a 2,800-year-old structure needs humankind&#8217;s TLC. I am now believing the love and care it gets from humanity is a permanent fixture among the ruins.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATHENS, Greece &#8212; I have concluded that one of tbe world&#8217;s ancient wonders is permanently &#8220;scarred&#8221; by the presence of scaffolding. The Parthenon was built in Athens five centuries before Jesus&#8217;s birth. It has been bombarded, used as a depot for explosive ordnance and has fallen victim to the ravages of time. Today I made &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=57536\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Parthenon&#8217;s permanent scaffolding<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[141,3503],"class_list":["post-57536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","tag-acropolis","tag-parthenon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57537,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57536\/revisions\/57537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}