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10 historic Greek wonders away from the islands
The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...
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A Greek ‘Mount Rushmore’ Featuring Parthenon Marbles Proposed for Athens
A British organization wants to carve Parthenon Marbles replicas into Mount Pentelicus so Greece can become home to its own ...
Greece welcomes Vatican's return of Parthenon fragments to Acropolis
The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of ...
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Greece Celebrates Return of Parthenon Fragments, Ramps Up Pressure on British Museum
Greece welcomed the repatriation of three ancient sculpture fragments from the Parthenon—a horse and two male ...
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“Greek Mount Rushmore” planned for Mount Pentelicus
A bold proposal to carve replicas of the Parthenon sculptures into Mount Pentelicus is aiming to make Greece the home of its ...
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How This Parthenon Relief Was Torn Apart—Twice
In 1687, amid the Great Turkish War, Venice’s forces rained a fusillade of cannonballs on the Ottoman-held Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The Turks had been using the Classical temple as a storage ...
Entry tickets to Greece’s historical attractions increases
Since April 1, tickets for many historical sites in Greece have become up to 50% more expensive, with the entrance fee to the ...