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Greece opens Acropolis Museum, wants marbles back
Athens :: Greece | 5 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 | 5 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
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