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Friday, December 5, 2014

Parthenon marbles: Greece furious over British loan to Russia

Greek prime minister says loan of statue from pillaged frieze puts end to British Museum argument that disputed antiquities are immovableGreece has reacted with outrage to the British Museum’s surprise move to loan one of the disputed Parthenon marbles to Russia.Within hours of learning of the unexpected decision to send the monumental statue of the river god Ilissos to the State Hermitage museum in St Petersburg, the Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaris, hit back. Continue reading...


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