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Friday, December 5, 2014

Parthenon marbles loaned to Russian museum

Headless statue of a Greek god Ilissos goes on display in the State Hermitage Museum in St PetersburgPart of the Parthenon marbles have been allowed to leave Britain for the first time through a loan of a sculpture to a Russian museum.The headless statue of a Greek river-god, Ilissos, will go on display in the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg on Friday to help celebrate the institution’s 250th anniversary. Continue reading...


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