Whose Marbles Are They? Controversy Over the Parthenon Marbles
The Conflict
The Greek government seeks the return of its cultural treasures, the Parthenon Marbles, which were removed in the early nine...
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Athens (dpa) - The process of transferring priceless artefacts
currently housed in a small museum atop the Acropolis in Athens to a
new state-of-the art Acropolis Museum wil...
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Athens (dpa) - If ancient Greeks could take a walk along the many
tourist stalls beneath the ancient Acropolis, they would be amazed to
behold the countless marble miniature...
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Athens (dpa) - Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis renewed
Greek calls Monday for the return of the Parthenon or Elgin Marbles
to Athens during his tour of the new Acropo...
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Many of Greece's most valued ancient statues are wearing chains and padded vests, ready for a rare outing.Culture Ministry officials demonstrated Thursday how more than 300 statues from the Acropol...
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Greece's culture minister has angered architects and conservationists by clearing the way for the demolition of a landmark art deco building to improve the view from the new Acropolis museum.George...
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A reflection of the Parthenon shimmers from the windows of Greece's new Acropolis Museum in a convergence of antiquity and modern architecture.But from inside the glass and concrete museum, the vie...
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One of Greece's most modern buildings is about to become home to some of the country's most treasured antiquities.In a painstaking operation set to start Sunday, more than 4,000 ancient statues, fr...
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The art collection of famed cellist Mstislav Rostropovich is being returned to Russia after a politically connected billionaire paid more than 25 percent above the estimated price in a surprise dea...
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Walking west on 22nd Street, heading toward the Robert Gober show at Matthew Marks Gallery, I caught sight of what looked to be a diptych in the window of the D'Amelio Terras Gallery-two canvases, ...
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Sometimes the surest marker of artistic worth is the flow of traffic. Standing on the mezzanine landing of the Studio Museum in Harlem, overlooking the ground-floor gallery, I was struck by the dec...
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Whose Marbles Are They? Controversy Over the Parthenon Marbles
Transfer of antiquities to new Acropolis museum to begin next month
