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Greece Celebrates Return of Parthenon Fragments, Ramps Up Pressure on British Museum
Greece welcomed the repatriation of three ancient sculpture fragments from the Parthenon—a horse and two male ...
Greece welcomes Vatican's return of Parthenon fragments to Acropolis
The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of ...
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A Greek ‘Mount Rushmore’ Featuring Parthenon Marbles Proposed for Athens
A British organization wants to carve Parthenon Marbles replicas into Mount Pentelicus so Greece can become home to its own ...
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“Greek Mount Rushmore” Project Aims to Carve Parthenon Sculptures into Mount Pentelicus
An Oxford-based institute has unveiled an ambitious proposal to carve massive replicas of the Parthenon Marbles into Mount ...
Euro Weekly News2d
“Greek Mount Rushmore” planned for Mount Pentelicus
A bold proposal to carve replicas of the Parthenon sculptures into Mount Pentelicus is aiming to make Greece the home of its ...
Proto Thema2h
From the Acropolis to the Colosseum: How much do tickets cost for seven monuments and museums
Entry to the Acropolis costs 30 euros, 22 euros for the Louvre, and 25 euros for Hagia Sophia. The "Smile of the Mona Lisa" becomes very expensive, as if someone wants to see the painting alone, they ...
The Spectator Australia6h
‘Death is a very poor painter’: the 19th-century craze for plaster casts
On the morning of 7 May 1821 an urgent task was performed at Longwood House on St Helena. A day and a half previously, the ...
Greek City Times5d
April 19, 1824: The Greatest Philhellene Lord Byron passes away from illness
On April 19, we honor Lord Byron, a fervent Philhellene whose £4,000 cheque—equivalent to £332,000 today—revealed by The ...
The New Zealand Herald4d
History for sale: Inside a British Museum heist
The reason for my visit concerned still more ancient history – a large number of gems that had gone missing from the British Museum, some of which may have been up to 3500 years old. Test your ...