United Parthenon
Welcome to the United Parthenon, a web-based initiative aiming to contribute to the campaign for the restoration of the Parthenon Sculptures Greek sculptures…
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Ownership of ancient treasures focus of talk
Western museums are facing a fight for many centuries-old objects. by Jessie-Lynn Kerr. The battle over who owns ancient treasures will be the subject of a lecture by author and award-winning journalist Sharon Waxman at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the University of North Florida's University Center. The event… Read more
Acropolis opens to public (ANA)
ATHENS NEWS AGENCY, 18/3/2009. Culture Ministry's employees on Thursday cancelled their 24-hour strike and opened the archaelogical site of the Acropolis for visitors, in an act of good will after reassurances by Culture Minister Antonis Samaras for resolving the problem of paying contract staff working… Read more
MPs Pushing Elgin's Marbles Back To Greece - Sky News
by Alastair Bruce. Two MPs championing the return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece this year, to mark the opening of a new museum at the ancient Acropolis in Athens, have sent letters out this week to all their fellow legislators recruiting Parliamentary support. My interest in this is because the marbles… Read more
A manifesto for the Parthenon Marbles
By Peter Aspden It stands like a giant modernist spaceship that has belly-flopped by curious accident opposite one of the most important cultural sites on the planet. Polemics and controversy have been hard-wired into its being. It has taken decades in the planning, years in the realisation, and… Read more
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