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NEWS ABOUT: Acropolis

Acropolis stories: 5 news summaries
MUSEUM REVIEW

 Parthenon Gets the 
 Museum It Deserves 


Jun 17, 09 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Parthenon has been called the one “absolutely right” building on the planet, and it now has a fitting memorial, Christopher Hitchens writes in Vanity Fair. Hitchens is among the first to visit the new Acropolis Museum in Athens, and it does not disappoint. Artifacts, expert reproductions, and... More »

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art museum • Christopher Hitchens • colonialism • Athens • Acropolis • ancient Greece • Parthenon • frieze

 Brit Museum 
 Refuses to 
 Lose Its Marbles 

Museum refuses to sanction Elgin's deeds

Jun 14, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tension between Greek and British museum officials over ownership of the famous Elgin marbles bubbled over this week, reports the Guardian. With the New Acropolis Museum set to open in Athens, Greece is refusing to accede to British terms concerning the loan of the classical treasure. The British Museum offered... More »

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Greece • British Museum • Acropolis • Elgin marbles

 Greek Protesters Hang 
 Banners on Acropolis 

Students call on Europe to join demonstrations tomorrow

Dec 17, 08 11:29 AM CST
(AP) - Greek protesters hung two giant banners off the Acropolis today, with slogans calling for mass demonstrations across Europe tomorrow and "resistance," after days of violent protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager in Athens. A dozen protesters held the pink banners over the walls of... More »

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Europe • police • protests • Greece • riots • student activism • Acropolis

Protesters Follow Olympic Torch to Acropolis

Demonstrations in Greece remain mostly peaceful

Mar 29, 08 8:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Olympic torchbearers made their way to the Acropolis in Greece today with the help of heavy security that kept protesters at arm's length, the AP reports. Activists have set up camp by candlelight outside the stadium—site of the first modern Olympics in 1896— to protest China's human rights record... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Greece • Tibet • Olympic torch • Acropolis • Tibetans • Olympic protests

Snowstorm Wallops Greece

Villages stranded, schools closed, flights canceled

Feb 18, 08 9:02 AM CST
(Newser) - A freak snowstorm stranded as many as 200 Greek villages and halted hundreds of flights yesterday and today in Athens, reports Bloomberg. Power and water supply problems were reported across the country and civil defense authorities were on alert. Up to six inches of snow buried the Greek capital, a... More »

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weather • Greece • Athens • snow • snowstorm • Acropolis • Crete

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