Greece’s new president is a leading advocate of bringing home the Parthenon sculptures from Britain
Greek lawmakers on Wednesday elected as president a former parliamentary speaker and leading advocate for the return of the ...
Greek lawmakers elect advocate for return of sculptures from Britain as president
Greek lawmakers have elected a former parliament speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum as the country's new president.
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The Lady of Kalymnos: A Majestic Bronze Treasure From the Aegean
The Lady of Kalymnos is an exquisite Greek sculpture dating back to the Hellenistic period, around the 3rd century BC.
History Extra15d
When gods go to war: what was the Titanomachy of Greek mythology?
In ancient Greek mythology, before the more famous Olympian Greek gods (think Poseidon, Athena, Aphrodite, Hermes and, of course, Zeus) came another group of deities: the Titans. These were the ...
Greek Reporter16d
Top Baby Names Inspired by Greek Mythology
The Babycenter blog, an American parenting website says that the Ancient ... of a Roman and Greek god of sun, light, music, and poetry, as well as medicine and healing. The most widely-known ...
The Independent19d
2,000-year-old statue found in rubbish bag in Greece
Experts believe the statue ... Greek, Byzantine, and Ottoman periods, are now showcased at subway stations. In 2013, an 1,800-year-old carved stone head of a possible Roman god was found in an ...
People20d
2,000-Year-Old Greek Statue Found Abandoned in a Bag Near Trash Cans: Police
The Greek Police also said that the ancient statue will be handed over to the Forensic Investigations Sub-Directorate of Northern Greece for laboratory examination. It will then be transferred to ...
Neos Kosmos20d
Ancient statue found dumped ‘near dustbins’: Greek police
Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organised crime ...
The Washington Post20d
Man finds 2,000-year-old Greek statue dumped near trash cans
An ancient marble statue ... it in to police on Saturday evening, Greek authorities said in a statement Wednesday. An archaeologist determined that the statue dates back to the Hellenistic period ...
USA Today20d
2,000-year-old headless statue found in Greece near trash cans, police now investigating
In December, construction workers putting in natural gas pipelines near Athens found a Roman-era statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis of ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs21d
Does the 'Grave Naiskos' statue show an ancient Greek using a laptop?
An ancient Greek statue currently displayed at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles ignited time travel theories after images of it spread rapidly on social media. The image of the statue was quickly ...