The head of a chariot horse from the Parthenon now at the British Museum in London. Photograph: Steve Taylor/Alamy. The Parthenon frieze is about 160m-long of marble artwork depicting deities alongside human figures. Mitsotakis calls on Johnson to return the Parthenon marbles to Athens in 2021 which marks the bicentennial celebration of Independence day. [ […]
“Let the British Museum come here and make the comparison between this museum of light and the murky, if I may say, prison of the British Museum where the Parthenon Marbles are held as trophies” President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos On Monday, April 15th, the International Conference and Workshop titled “Reunification of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 2017 – Update: The Verdict Who Owns Antiquity? The National Hellenic Museum Brings Famed Attorneys to Face Off on March 16 at The Art Institute CHICAGO, IL – On March 16, 2017, the public will decide one of the most highly anticipated international cases, The Trial of the Parthenon Marbles. […]
Six Greek women (representing the six Caryatids of Erechtheion) dressed in white togas launched an original protest to draw attention to repatriation issue of: The Return of Acropolis Sculptures to Greece. The group under the lead of renowned soprano Sonia Theodoridou wandered through the corridors and halls of the British Museum in London in search […]
P R E S S R E L E A S E A GREEK PROTEST FOR THE GREEK MARBLES on 08Jun2014 An extremely important quest that began many years ago, by the remarkable and unforgettable Melina Merkouri and the continuous growing list of world wide personalities together with high level officials, people of the Arts […]
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