Some of the most magnificent treasures in the world are found in the Acropolis museum. This is a 2 million dollar museum built just to house some of the most important treasures of Greece and especially of Athens. Even though Lord Elgin happened to rob the parthenon of large parts of this treasure, he [...]
The Acropolis Museum contains magnificent treasures which have survived to modern times as a testament to the respect of the Athenians and their love of beauty. Despite the fact that Lord Elgin took the lion’s share of the Parthenon’s decoration, he also left fragments such as torsos from the pediment and sections of the frieze [...]
The new Acropolis Museum has brought with it a few world cultural questions about “ownership” of artifacts. In this case we are talking about the Parthenon Marbles or as some would call them the Elgin marbles. This is an incredible piece of facade or relief from the Acropolis that was sent to the British [...]
The opening of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens has raised thought-provoking questions about museum artifact ownership. This particular debate centers on the Parthenon Marbles (Elgin Marbles), a stunning facade or wall relief that was transported from Greece to the British Museum of Natural History between 1801 and 1805 by Thomas Bruce, 7th Lord of [...]
One of the new additions to Athens Greece is the Acropolis Museum. This is a wonderful new museum with samples of some of the most wondrous ancient artifacts, and art works in the world. But this new museum has also caused much political discord, because of the need to bring back ancient relics that were [...]
Greece’s newly opened Acropolis Museum is certainly a wondrous spectacle on a wondrous landmark. However, the new museum is just as much a political turn in a giant chess battle to return historically significant fragments of the Parthenon’s frieze back to the rightful and original owners. $200 million museum showcases various sculptures and artifacts from [...]
The word Acropolis in the ancient times actually meant the highest point of the town. The ancient Greeks used to build their towns in plains near or around a rocky hill that could enable them to fortify and defend it during invasion or wars. The word Acropolis refers to both the hill and the construction [...]
Ancient Greece’s best known temple ‘The Acropolis‘ is definitely for many people one of the highlights of their holidays in Greece. The Acropolis contains several temples and the most important of these is the Parthenon, which is dedicated to the Goddess Athena. The Ancient Greeks considered Athena to be the protector of Athens and built [...]