Why Is the Parthenon in Ruins Today

question 30

Multiple Choice

Why is the Parthenon in ruins today?

• A)Over time, the structure deteriorated.
• B)It was bombed during World War II in the twentieth century.
• C)It was hit by a rocket in the seventeenth century, and blew up from stored gunpowder.
• D)The Ancient Romans dismantled the structure for war booty.
• E)Christians wanted to destroy one of the last remaining pagan temples.

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