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Five Caryatids in Athens Still Waiting for Their Lonely Sister from the UK

The Erechtheion, the ancient Greek temple held up by statues known as Caryatids, was dedicated to the gods Athena and Poseidon; it still stands on the Athens Acropolis, much like the Parthenon just meters away, as a testament to...

Greek Students Sing for Return of Parthenon Marbles at British Museum

A group of students from a Cretan high school showed their defiance at Britain's refusal to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece by singing a traditional song during their recent visit to the British Museum in London. Students from the...

Alamuddin Tours the Acropolis Museum

Tourists gathered outside the Acropolis Museum today to give a warm welcome to Amal Alamuddin-Clooney, the human rights lawyer who arrived to Greece on Monday to help the Greek Government establish the proper legal framework to re-claim the Parthenon...

Innovative Performance for Return of Parthenon Marbles

An innovative demonstration in the form of a performance took place at the British Museum the previous weekend, entertaining many visitors who happened to be there. The internationally famous soprano Sonia Theodoridou together with six more Greek women entered...

Greece's Caryatids Getting Extreme Makeover

The Acropolis’ famed Caryatids, Greece's most celebrated ancient beauties, are currently undergoing an extreme makeover to clean the century-old statues from pollution, smoke, and whatever else has settled on the statues for over more than a century. The Caryatid statues, which until...

'I Am Greek and I Want to Go Home' Movement for the Repatriation of Looted Greek Antiquities

“You can steal a statue. But you can NOT steal my origin. I AM GREEK Citizens of the World, I am being kept hostage HELP ME RETURN HOME, to Greece. I was made to be ridden by Heroes, I was made to run...