The general director of the Acropolis Museum in response to the recent statement by the…
Tag: Parthenon marbles
On July 29, 1982 Melina Mercouri, Minister of Culture and Sciences of Greece, addressed the World Conference on Cultural Policies, organised by UNESCO in Mexico, telling the world the Parthenon Sculptures must be returned home to Greece.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on the British government to find a way to share the Parthenon Sculptures with their homeland, Greece.
Another year, another adventure for French fashion designer Christian Louboutin, who invites his customers to take a journey to the Mediterranean with his new ‘Greekaba’ collection, created in collaboration with close friend, Greek artist and illustrator Konstantin Kakanias.
Thousands of people filled the near 2,000 year-old Odeon of Herodes Atticus theatre in Athens…
Protesters inside London’s British Museum called for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece…
A Commemorative Series of Stamps ‘The Marbles of the Parthenon’ have been released by the Hellenic Post (ELTA) in collaboration with the Acropolis Museum with the aim to participate in the national effort for the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures.
“The Parthenon Sculptures belong to us – Let’s bring them home.” Sentiments of the keynote…
Athena Tranouli decided to be part of the family business – Tranoulis Haute Couture – at a very early age. At this time, Tranoulis Haute Couture was about to expand and gain impetus in the fashion industry, so someone like Athena with her fresh ideas and creativity would steer the company in a new and exciting direction.
Following the recent meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee on the Return of Cultural Property,…
For anyone heading to Athens, the Acropolis is a definite must-see. We have put together some interesting facts to shine even more light on this monument which is a universal symbol of civilisation and one of the greatest architectural complexes to ever be built.
Greece has lashed out at the ludicrous claims made by the British Museum that the…
The underwater investigation of the site of the wreck of the Mentor, Lord Elgin’s ill-fated…
Everything you wanted to know about the Parthenon Sculptures .. and are not afraid to…
The former leader of the Federal Labor Party, Bill Shorten, paid a visit to the…
The Institute of Digital Archaeology to appeal against the British Museum’s refusal to allow access…
Described as an “Ocean’s Eleven minus Brad Pitt meets Dan Brown, Byron and Thucydides”, ‘The Aegean Seven’ is a new historical fiction by Billy Cotsis for those who want to know more about the period in which and how the Parthenon Sculptures were taken. Despite many of the characters being purely fiction, the novel lays out what happened and how it happened on the eve of the Greek Revolution and freedom.
Irina Korobina, chairwoman of the Russian Commission for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, likened…
The Times of London are on the side of Greece on the major issue of…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, the director of Acropolis Museum Nikos Stambolidis…