carved from a single block of egyptian granite and topped by the flourishing acanthus leaves of the corinthian order favored by the romans. impressive though it is, it isn't the exterior that gives this building its lofty place in western art, but what lies behind its great bronze doors. with its opening to the sky, this was the world's largest dome for more than 18 centuries-- 5,000 tons of carefully molded concrete, stretching across nearly 150 feet of space. the greeks had created exteriors of exquisite harmony. it was the romans who gave the west the grandly conceived interior. now a church, this is the only major roman building that survives intact. "pantheon" means temple of all the gods. their statues must have been placed in these templelike niches where christian saints now stand, richly decorated with colored marble brought by sea from quarries throughout the empire. professor richard brilliant of columbia university. in the fifth century, when the barbarians took rome, they entered this building to despoil it of its treasures. the splendor of the interior stopped them in their track

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they may have been democratic, but to fellow greeks like the corinthians and spartans, they appearedrrogant and domineering. they felt that protection of their founding goddess, athena, had given them a special status, celebrated in a procession to honor the goddess. today, the parthenon is admired for the harmony of its architecture and the refinement of its friezes, but to the ancient athenians, it was admired for something rather different-- what lay inside the temple. that was a statue of athena nearly 40 feet high. that's only 5 feet below the ceiling. a statue armed, covered with gold in all its dress from head to foot, the skin ivory, with monsters on its helmet and a great serpent by its side. to us, that would seem garish, grandiose, and unrestrained, but that was the core of the building. and if you put yourself in the position of an ancient athenian, perhaps coming from the panathenaic procession in the dazzling light of an attic august and then going inside that building, we can imagine what it felt like to see that statue. as the eyes became accustomed to the gloom and s

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there's a bunch of stories in corinthians. >> always knew him to be an intelligent, smart young man.omeone that would've benefited from a mentor. just more, again, more an individual who needed to be motivated and not someone where you think, you know, unless something is done, this person is on the path to destruction -- no, not that kind of individual. >> while badgett's future is anything but certain, today he will become one of dozens of inmates baptized at the jail each year. >> he was very excited about the opportunity to get baptized while he was here. in fact, you know, in the weeks leading up to this, or in the days leading up to this, all he was talking about. so in my mind, you know, this is going to serve as another source of encouragement for him. this is a symbolic thing that we do. and it's indicative of the burial and the resurrection of jesus christ. old things have passed away. and, behold, all things have become new. so the old you goes in and the new you comes out. so unless a change has taken place on the inside, then this won't matter. the only thing will happen

protests that rocked the corinthian couples in slate last chapter the companies does countries presidentected cooperation with the european union. takes back itson invitation to iran to attend peace talks on syria. the invitation to iran angered opposition is as well as the u.s. the peace conference is scheduled to begin tomorrow in geneva. a delegation representing syria's opposition will attend. at the box office, "ride along" took the number one spot bringing up 48 million dollars in ticket sales over the holiday weekend. second place goes to "lone ."rvivor >> another must read, bill and melinda gates and a letter. don't gates talks about the myth blocks progress for the poor. he goes into detail. one i picked out that i thought was interesting is he right -- this idea really goes back to the tech egos of you can always build something better to improve the situation your in rather than wallow in the current situation. i really thought a combined both his worlds nicely. strands ofe two debate. one is been talked about in a long time for, yes, we are getting progress. more people have