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British Museum loan to Acropolis Museum coincides with dispute over demand to return Parthenon Marbles
The Acropolis Museum launched an exhibition Tuesday that includes a renowned ancient Greek water jug from 420 BC on loan from the British Museum.
The exhibit comes during a dispute over Greek demands for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures that are housed in the British Museum.
Minister chairs meeting on UNESCO bid for Nikopolis archaeological site
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni chaired a meeting with local officials and experts on Tuesday to discuss Greece's bid to have the archaeological site of Nikopolis inducted onto UNESCO's World Heritage List.
How Europe’s oldest book was saved
Scrolls expert conservator Anton Fackelmann at work in a Vienna museum. In 1962 he was invited to the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki to try to make the almost charred scroll of Derveni papyrus suitable for reading. By spraying the papyrus with plant sap and placing the fragments under a heat lamp, he managed to save over 260 fragments.
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65-year-old suspect detained for antiquity theft in Serres
Police in Serres, northern Greece, have apprehended a 65-year-old suspect on charges of antiquity theft.
Dispute on sculptures between Greece and the UK
For decades, Britain and Greece were able to differ, largely politely, over the world's toughest cultural heritage dispute: What's the right place for some of the finest ancient Greek sculptures ever made, which have been displayed in London for more than 200 years but which Greece vocally wants back.
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British Museum loans ancient Greek hydria for Athens exhibition
An ancient Greek red-figure vase is to be loaned from the British Museum to the Acropolis Museum, leaving London for the first time in 250 years.
The nearly 50-centimeter-high hydria (a form of Greek pottery from between the 7th and 3rd century BC) by the Meidias Painter, dates back to 420 BC. It is painted with scenes from mythology, including one featuring Hercules.
Lost city of Nicomedia lies underground
The old city of Nicomedia, which was a part of the Roman Empire, today lies under the northwestern province of Kocaeli as the city industrially developed.
Nicomedia (İzmit), one of the first metropolitan cities of the Roman Empire, where it was the capital for many years, has been discussed at a conference.
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Iraq dig unearths 2,700-year-old winged sculpture largely intact
A dig in northern Iraq has unearthed a 2,700-year-old alabaster sculpture of the winged Assyrian deity Lamassu, which was found largely intact despite its large dimensions.
Spain seizes ancient gold jewelry stolen from Ukraine
Spanish police said on Oct. 23 they have seized centuries-old gold artefacts worth over 60 million euros ($64 million) that were stolen and taken out of Ukraine illegally.
The 11 pieces, including necklaces, bracelets and earrings, were displayed at a Kiev museum between 2009 and 2013, and were smuggled out of Ukraine before 2016, police said in a statement.
‘Nano lime’ protects statues on Nemrut
The tiny cracks on the large stone statues at Mount Nemrut in the southeastern province of Adıyaman were filled with "nano lime" with syringes last year for their protection and officials announced that it worked.
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