The British Museum has hired a curator to delve into the history of its 267-year-old…
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“It is moving that children educated in the British education system understand both Elgin’s indecency and the tolerance of the Turks, as well as the British obsession to illegally withhold parts of a monument of Greek culture,” says Greek ambassador, Ioannis Raptakis after numerous British school children sent letters to the Greek embassy supporting the retune of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.
The movement to return the Parthenon marbles to their motherland was started in the 1980s. But it is not just the Elgin marbles that have been removed from Greece. Some of the most magnificent Greek sculptures ever created are in fact located in various museums around the world, proudly representing the country in which they were born.
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.
On July 29, 1982 Melina Mercouri, Minister of Culture and Sciences of Greece, addressed the…
The Acropolis of Athens is the most striking architectural and artistic complex bequeathed by Greek Antiquity…
As Britain officially departed from the EU yesterday, and changing views with regard to art…
Often incorrectly called “Marbles” or even more counter-productively, the “Elgin Marbles”, the Parthenon Sculptures have…
The Athens Bar Association (ABA) announced on Friday the formation of a National Committee to…
Leading human rights lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson QC, has accused the trustees of the British Museum of being…
The Greek Culture Ministry has announced that marking 100 years since the birth of Melina Mercouri on…
Greek singer-songwriter Hellena has released an inspiring composition entitled “The Parthenon Marbles – Bring Them…
The President of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights advocacy organisation, Kerry Kennedy, met with…
The British Chair of the Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon sculptures Dame Janet…
Director of the Acropolis Museum, Dimitris Pandermalis said the “return in full of the Parthenon…
The director of the British Museum Hartwig Fischer told Greek publication Ta Nea that the Parthenon…
The UN General Assembly on December 13th, unanimously adopted, on Greek initiative, a Resolution on…
The Acropolis Museum in Athens is perfectly capable of hosting its original sculptures of the…
One man, eyes brimming with emotion, looking up at an item of great importance to…
The Acropolis is the crowning jewel of the Greek capital and one of the most…