The British Museum plans to “share” two fragments of the stolen Parthenon Marbles to a German Museum for the purpose of an exhibition. A relevant request by the Germans to Greece was rejected. While the new British Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, appears indifferent regarding the issue of the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, the British […]

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A study published in the journal Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies proposes a radically new reading of the Parthenon frieze, the famous 160-meter-long sculpture that surrounded the temple dedicated to Athena on the Acropolis of Athens. According to its author, Ellie Mackin Roberts, of the universities of Bristol and Leeds, the frieze was […]