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Culture Minister: Greece willing to lend British Museum treasures for Parthenon Marbles


Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, who has said the Parthenon Marbles kept in the British Museum for 200 years were stolen, said Greece nonetheless is willing to lend the institution valuable artifacts to have the marbles returned. The newspaper said a coveted item is especially Agamemnon’s Mask, the gold funerary mask historians call the “Mona Lisa of prehistory” that could be sent to the British museum as a crowd-attracter. Asked if Greece had ruled out taking legal action against the British Museum, Mendoni said the government would continue “to make full use of the possibilities offered by dialogue and cultural diplomacy”. “Even people who for years have opposed the return of the sculptures to Greece now support our demand,” she said. “If I was not optimistic, I would not work with fervor and faith for the national cause of reuniting the sculptures in the Acropolis Museum here in Athens.”Read more at thenationalherald.comRELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news, Tourism in Greece, Greek islands, Hotels in Greece, Travel to Greece, Greek destinations, Greek travel market, Greek tourism statistics, Greek tourism reportPhoto Source: Wikimedia Commons License: CC-BY-SA Copyright: Solipsist~commonswiki


Source: The Guardian December 28, 2023 16:39 UTC



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