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Greece opens Acropolis Museum, wants marbles back
Athens :: Greece | 4 months ago
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Greece inaugurated its long-delayed Acropolis Museum on Saturday with the prime minister calling for the Classical Parthenon marbles, held in Britain for 200 years, to be repatriated. The 2 500-year-old sculptures were removed from the Parthenon in 1806...
Tags: New Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece Updated, Parthenon Temple, Parthenon Marbles, Classical Parthenon, Britain, Bernard Tschumi, elgin marble, culture minister
New Acropolis Museum highlights missing marbles
Athens :: Greece | 4 months ago
Credibility Athena.Britain's envoy, Lord Elgin, pried them off the building in the early 1800s while Greece was still an unwilling part of the Ottoman Empire. Facing bankruptcy, he eventually sold the artworks to the British Museum, where they have been displayed...
Tags: Greece, New Acropolis Museum, Parthenon Temple, Parthenon Marbles, Elgin Marbles, British Museum
Greece 'would refuse Marble loan'
Athens :: Greece | 5 months ago
Credibility Antonis Samaras said a loan would mean renouncing any Greek claim to the 2,500-year-old sculptures. The Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles, have been in London since they were sold to the museum in 1817. Greece hopes one day to display the collection...
Tags: Parthenon Marbles, Greece, British Museum
Vatican returns Parthenon fragment to Greece
Athens :: Greece | about 1 year ago
Credibility Greece — The ancient marble head of a youth was fitted into place Wednesday at a museum in Athens in a deal that Greek officials hope will serve as a model for returning other treasures. The one-year loan from the Vatican's Museo Gregoriano Etrusco could...
Tags: Vatican Museum, Greece, vatican returns, Athens, Parthenon Marbles
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