Greece just returned a piece of the Parthenon temple frieze back to Italy, following the “expiry of the loan” as per Italian officials. Italy, with a nice gesture, had sent the piece to the Acropolis Museum in October 2008. Since the Acropolis Museum opened, several sculpture fragments have been handed over to museum for good. […]
The questioning about where the Parthenon Marbles belong, has started as far back as 120 years ago. It is worth reading the original text by Constantine Cavafy written in 1891.
When the Parthenon was built between 447BC and 432BC, three sets of sculptures, the metopes, the frieze and the pediments, were created to adorn it. Of these, the metopes and the frieze were part of the structure of the Parthenon itself. They were not carved first and then put in place, high up on the […]
This was a two-day historic conference in Cairo with representatives from 25 countries whose heritage has been stolen over the years. See full article and coments…
Interest twist in this article by Daniel Korski hinting to boost popularity of the Greek government with the return of the Parthenon Marbles. See full article and comments.
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