What Christopher Hitchens Understood About the Parthenon
The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not nationalism.
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A 2,000-year-old statue is found abandoned in a garbage bag in Greece
A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city ...
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Ancient Greek Sculpture Timeline: Dark Ages to Roman Copies
A deeper look into the development of ancient Greek art and sculpture through time, covering various styles, forms and ...
Greek Reporter2d
Temple of Zeus Horse Recovered from the Sea
A marble relief depicting a prancing horse believed to have been part of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Agrigento, Italy, has ...
Greek City Times2d
New Discoveries at Philippi Challenge Long-Held Beliefs About Its History
Until now, scholars believed that residential activity in Philippi ceased after the 6th century AD. However, new ...
Greek City Times2d
Stephen Fry And His Odyssey For The Parthenon Sculptures
Sir Stephen Fry, the distinguished British actor, writer, director, and well-known Philhellene, recently spoke at the ...
Inside Edition3d
The Unsolved Valentine's Heist at the Met Museum
Days before Valentine's Day in 1979, a two century old bust of the Greek God Hermes was stolen in broad daylight out of the ...
Stephen Fry urges return of Parthenon sculptures to Greece
"We all understand that the Sculptures belong here and must return to Greece. And we should do this so that we can be proud ...
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Kelsey Museum hosts lecture on decolonizing museums and the Elgin Marbles
Elizabeth Marlowe, founder of the Museum Studies Program at Colgate University, gave a lecture on decolonizing museums ...
The oldest evidence for lead pollution comes from ancient Greece
Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea ...
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Stephen Fry in Athens: “The Acropolis Museum can house the sculptures – Let the British use replicas”
Renowned British actor Stephen Fry has once again advocated for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece. Speaking at ...
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Nero’s Statue at Corinth: A Relic of Rome’s Gift of Freedom
The forgotten statue of Nero at the Isthmus of Corinth is a relic of the time the Roman emperor granted freedom to a part of ancient Greece.