GREECE-ΑTHENS.ΝΕW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM: Άρθρο του περιοδικού «Νewsweek» αφιερωμένο στο Νέο Μουσείο της Ακρόπολης και στα κλεμμένα γλυπτά του Παρθενώνα...
GREECE-PARTHENON ACROPOLIS GREECE-ATHENS:ΝΕW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM Cultural vandalism: ''Elgin Marbles''- Treasures-Hellenic culture ,in British Museum, taken out of the Acropolis when Greece was under enemy occupation. Romancing the Stones It's not polite to call the Elgin Marbles the Elgin Marbles anymore. Not even in the British Museum, where the ancient Greek sculptures and reliefs have resided since the early 19th century, after a British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire named Lord Elgin hacked them off the Parthenon. Even in that age of imperialism, many Brits saw Elgin's acts as cultural vandalism. Lord Byron slammed the marbles' removal in his bestselling epic poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. The call for their return has grown since Greece won its independence from Ottoman rule in 1829, led by the Greek government in particular since the 1980s. In the noisy debate over the restitut