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Campaigner urges Greece to fight for Marbles for new Acropolis museum

October 05, 2007

ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ Greece should use the opening of its new Acropolis museum to ratchet up the pressure on Britain for the permanent return of the Parthenon Marbles to their homeland, the head of a...

Former Getty curator faces Greek trial in November

October 05, 2007

ATHENS, Oct 4 (AFP) - The former curator of the Getty museum in Los Angeles will go before a Greek judge in November, charged with having knowingly acquired a stolen gold Hellenic crown for the museum...

Acropolis statues ready for crane ride to new museum

October 04, 2007

ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ Swaddled in white drop cloths, hundreds of sculptural masterpieces from the Acropolis are waiting to be delicately lifted by crane to a new, glass and concrete museum nearing com...

Dry run for artifacts' transfer to new Acropolis Museum next week

October 03, 2007

ATHENS, Greece Oct 3 (ANA)-The Greek government on Wednesday announced that a dry run for the transfer of antiquities from the old museum atop the Acropolis to the new ultra-modern Acropolis Museum, s...

Atlanta's High Museum showcases Louvre's antiquities

September 30, 2007

ATLANTA (AP)- Eight Roman muses stand aloof, their drapery delicately painted against a burning gold background. In the next room, a landscape frames a portrait of Napoleon's wife Josephine, who is we...

Culture minister chairs meeting on restoration of ancient Olympia

September 27, 2007

ATHENS, Greece Sep 27 (ANA)-Culture Minister Mihalis Liapis on Wednesday chaired a meeting at his ministry on the restoration of ancient Olympia after the damage inflicted by the massive fires in Augu...

Greek Culture Minister Visits New Acropolis Museum

September 25, 2007

ATHENS, Greece Sep 24 (ANA)-The transfer of the antiquities at the old Acropolis Museum to the new ultra-modern museum that is now in the final stages of completion will begin on October 14, Culture M...

Culture minister visits new Acropolis Museum

September 25, 2007

ATHENS, Greece Sep 24 (ANA)-The transfer of the antiquities at the old Acropolis Museum to the new ultra-modern museum that is now in the final stages of completion will begin on October 14, Culture M...

Major German show of art and history of the Scythian rider-nomads

September 14, 2007

BERLIN (AP) _ In ancient Greece, the Scythians were at first known as mysterious "milkers of mares." To Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet, the Scythian mounted archers crossing Palestine to raid Egy...

Greece amends school history book after complaints from church, academics

August 03, 2007

ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ Greece's Education Ministry announced changes Thursday to a sixth-grade history book following complaints by Greece's Orthodox Church and academics regarding Greece's historic ri...

Art Deco Building to be Removed

August 02, 2007

The entrance of 1930 Art Deco building at No. 17 Dionyssiou Areopagitou Street, built by Vassilis Kouremenos, a graduate of Paris' Ecole des Beaux Arts is seen in Athens Tuesday, July 31, 2007 but the...

Art Deco gem could be torn down for view of the Parthenon

August 02, 2007

ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ A shimmering reflection of the Parthenon greets passers-by glancing up at the vast wall of windows atop Greece's new Acropolis Museum. But from inside, the picture isn't so clear...

U.S. geological team uncovers first evidence of city hidden beneath Alexandria

July 27, 2007

CAIRO, Egypt (AP ) _ Alexander the Great founded Alexandria to immortalize his name on his way to conquer the world, but his may not have been the first city on the famed site on Egypt's Mediterranean...

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