The long-term loan could “open the way for a similar agreement with an act of approval by the British Parliament,” said the Acropolis Museum’s director.
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The Parthenon Sculptures Should be Repatriated Immediately
The principle that one misdeed deserves to be redressed before another, because it stems from a situation of greater violence, is wrong.
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Return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece is Up to British Museum, UK Official Says
In a meeting in London, the Greek Prime Minister reiterated an offer to loan other artworks to the British institution in exchange for the priceless marbles.
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Acropolis Closes as Wildfires Rage Across Southern Europe
Other archaeological sites have also closed while authorities battle with dozens of conflagrations around Athens.
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Onassis AiR Invites Applications for 2021–22 Residencies in Athens
Apply to The School of Infinite Rehearsals by February 26 for the chance to explore themes of governance and economy in this collaborative interdisciplinary program.
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Ancient Bust of Greek God Discovered in an Athens Sewer
The carved head of Hermes was built into a drainage duct.
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Onassis AiR Seeks Applications for 2020–21 Residency in Athens
Apply by April 24 to the open call for The School of Infinite Rehearsals.
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Artist Candice Breitz Calls for Refugee Aid Worker’s Release After 100-Day Imprisonment [UPDATED]
Since August, Sarah Mardini — a humanitarian aid worker who saved refugees bound for Greece by pulling their sinking dinghy ashore — has indefinitely languished in a prison outside Athens.
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In Greece, a Red-Winged Sculpture Is Exorcised and Destroyed
Religious conservatives condemned the red figure as satanic and yanked it from its pedestal, while a priest attempted to exorcise it.
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British MPs Propose Bill to Return the Elgin Marbles to Greece
With the 200th anniversary this week of the July 11, 1816 purchase through an Act of Parliament of the Parthenon Marbles for the British Museum, members of parliament are introducing a bill that would repatriate the ancient artifacts.
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An Ancient Mosaic of the God of Wine Debuts in New York
The Onassis Cultural Center NY is showcasing four decades of archaeological findings from Dion, the ancient Greek village that tried to get as close to the gods as possible by building shrines and structures on the slopes of Mount Olympus.
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An Acoustic Museum of Byzantine Sound
The sonic intentions of architecture are often lost over the centuries. In 2014, a team of researchers investigated the acoustics of Byzantine churches in Thessaloniki, Greece, to retrieve some of that design through sound mapping.