In this week’s Parthenon Report, Don Morgan Nielsen explores the fine line between the justice of morality and conventional legal justice in the international effort to have the British Museum return the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece.
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In this week’s column Don Morgan Nielsen explores the merits of a judicial resolution of the Parthenon Sculptures case at the International Court of Justice at the Hague.
So the British Museum is leaking. The images that recently emerged of water leaking in…
Another great initiative by the Hellenic Initiative to raise awareness of Greek issues as it continues its fundraising efforts for fire-stricken Greece. Passionate Philhellenes like David Hill and Stephen Fry remind us, in their discussion, of the beauty of the culture and the country that is Greece!
As Don Morgan Nielsen very correctly puts it, no discussion about the fate of the Parthenon Sculptures would be complete without talking about the British Museum Act 1963 and the constraints it imposes on us.
That we’ve broken their statues, that we’ve driven them out of their temples, doesn’t mean…
On July 29 1982, Melina Mercouri, Minister of Culture and Sciences of Greece, addressed the…
That we’ve broken their statues, that we’ve driven them out of their temples, doesn’t mean…
That we’ve broken their statues, that we’ve driven them out of their temples, doesn’t mean…
In this second edition of our weekly column ‘The Parthenon Report’, Classicist, Olympian and strategic advisor Don Morgan Nielsen addresses the question: “What role does our Parthenon play in this new era, as a monument and as a symbol?”
In the launch of his weekly column, The Parthenon Report, Don Morgan Nielsen shares a personal retrospective of his connection with Greek culture and the Parthenon.
By George Vardas Last weekend, a packed out auditorium in Sydney’s east was treated to…
For anyone heading to Athens, the Acropolis is a definite must-see. We have put together some interesting facts to shine even more light on this monument which is a universal symbol of civilisation and one of the greatest architectural complexes to ever be built.
The Ancient Greeks revered their gods in statuary and sculpture and art and Persephone was no exception because of her rare beauty and intensity. The Two Goddesses famously adorned the East Pediment of the Parthenon atop the Acropolis in their “marbl’d immortality” until they were forcibly removed by Lord Elgin and his men, beginning in 1802.
The Greek Ministry of Culture announced marine archaeologists have discovered more treasures in the historic…
“It is moving that children educated in the British education system understand both Elgin’s indecency and the tolerance of the Turks, as well as the British obsession to illegally withhold parts of a monument of Greek culture,” says Greek ambassador, Ioannis Raptakis after numerous British school children sent letters to the Greek embassy supporting the retune of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.
The movement to return the Parthenon marbles to their motherland was started in the 1980s. But it is not just the Elgin marbles that have been removed from Greece. Some of the most magnificent Greek sculptures ever created are in fact located in various museums around the world, proudly representing the country in which they were born.
On July 29, 1982 Melina Mercouri, Minister of Culture and Sciences of Greece, addressed the…
Marine archaeologists have recovered ancient treasures from Lord Elgin’s ship “Mentor” which sunk off Kythira…
The Greek Ministry of Culture announced marine archaeologists have discovered more extraordinary treasured including gold jewellery, cook…