November 20, 2024
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The enduring controversy surrounding the Parthenon Sculptures, one of the world’s most prominent cultural property disputes, may see significant progress in 2025, according to The Economist’s The World Ahead 2025 report. These 2,500-year-old artifacts, referred to as the Elgin Marbles in Britain, were removed from the Parthenon in the early …
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June 5, 2024
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Greece has found an unexpected supporter in its legitimate claim for the return of the stolen Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum. A Turkish archaeologist said last week that there is no any written authorization by the Ottoman Empire allowing Lord Elgin to remove the Parthenon Sculptures. Already in 2019, …
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August 30, 2023
Culture, FEATURED
Greece’s Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said that “the last argument of the British that the Parthenon Sculptures are supposedly safer in this particular Museum than in Athens, in the Acropolis Museum, has collapsed.” In an article published in newspaper tanea, Mendoni commented in the wake of the theft scandal in …
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August 7, 2023
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Cyclists from Greece, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, the UK and Italy started their “Bring the Parthenon Marbles back” campaign early Saturday morning, August 5 from the gate of the British Museum in London to Athens. This year’s cycling tour across Europe is part of the “London-Athens on 2 Wheels – …
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June 12, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A councilor of Kalamara municipality made a macabre finding when he inspected the construction of a street along Navarinou street in the area: the new way was paved with tombstones from graveyards and they had not even removed the inscription with the names of the deceased. The issue received big …
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March 13, 2023
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ruled out changing a law which prohibits the British Museum handing the Parthenon marbles permanently back to Greece. Sunak said there are no plans to amend the legislation, which states the museum can only dispose of objects within its collection in limited circumstances. However, the …
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March 6, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A Cypriot national has been arrested while he was trying to steal stones and pieces of marbles from the Acropolis of Athens. The 26-year-old man was arrested on Sunday, March 5. It was a guard who saw the man in action and informed the police that a man was trying …
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February 16, 2023
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The UK is working on a new arrangement with Greece through which the Parthenon Sculptures could be seen both in London and in Athens, British Museum chair George Osborne said on Thursday, describing it as a win-win situation. Osborne, a former finance minister, reiterated that the museum was having constructive …
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January 4, 2023
Archeology, Culture
Greece’s Culture Ministry declined to confirm a report on Tuesday that the British Museum and the Acropolis Museum are nearing an agreement on the gradual return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece. According to Bloomberg news agency, such an agreement would foresee that a part of the Parthenon Sculptures would …
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December 5, 2022
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The British Museum has pledged not to dismantle its collection, following a report that the institution’s chairman has held secret talks with Greece’s prime minister over the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles. The report by the Greek newspaper Ta Nea is the latest twist …
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October 3, 2022
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to seek an agreement with his British counterpart Liz Truss over the return of the Elgin (Parthenion) marbles to Athens according to a statement published in the Sunday Times. “At a time when Truss will be looking to build her credibility and when the …
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August 3, 2022
Archeology, Culture
Deputy director of the British Museum, Jonathan Williams, said that a new “cultural exchange” agreement may be on the cards, stressing that this could be a breakthrough on the deadlock over the Parthenon Marbles. The proposal is that the ancient sculptures will loaned only if they are returned to London …
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June 19, 2022
Archeology, Culture
Greeks and Brits raised their voice and staged a protesters inside the British Museum hall where the Parthenon Marbles are displayed demanding for the return to Greece. The protesters unfurled banners and Greek flags. English author and honorary Greek citizen Victoria Hislop presented a cake with candles representing the 13 …
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June 15, 2022
Archeology, Culture
The Parthenon sculptures Greece is demanding back from Britain could be shared by the two countries, British Museum Chairman George Osborne told LBC, a digital news service registered in the UK, on Wednesday. It is the first time such a proposal is made form the British side that has so …
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