Category: CULTURE
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Greece looks to international justice to regain Parthenon marbles from UK
As campaigners prepare to mark the 200th anniversary of the antiquities’ “captivity” in London, Athens is working at forging alliances that would further empower its longstanding battle to retrieve the sculptures. “We are trying to develop alliances which we hope would eventually lead to an international body like the United Nations to come with us…
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Artist Ai Weiwei to host first exhibition in Cycladic Art Museum in Athens
This is the first time his work will be exhibited in an archaeological museum, the museum said in a statement. Ai set up a studio on the island of Lesvos earlier this year to create art works dedicated to the plight of the refugees and migrants. The artist’s exhibition, titled “Ai Weiwei at Cycladic”, will…
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Workers find remnants from Byzantine church in Gaza
During the works to build a shopping center in Gaza, Palestine, a group of construction workers discovered ancient ruins that archaeologists believe they are parts of a Byzantine church sating from around 1,500 years ago, the Palestinian tourism and antiquities ministry said on April 4. The findings include segments of marble pillars with ornate Corinthian…
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Photographers capture loss of Alexandria’s historic architecture over last 20 years
Photographers Mostafa Mamdouh and Abdallah Hanafy took to Alexandria’s decades-old streets with their cameras in a quest to display how time has taken its toll on the city’s historic landmarks over the last two decades. The photos document the replacement of beautifully-crafted buildings with modern, dreary towers between 1996 and 2016. Mamdouh and Hanafy collected…