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The signing ceremony for the final pilgrimage of three sculptural fragments from the Parthenon currently held in the Vatican has just taken place in Rome, paving the way for their return to Athens where they will be officially unveiled in the Acropolis Museum on 24 March. The formal deed of donation of the three fragments… […]
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Timeless Beauty at Cairn de Barnenez – The Prehistoric Parthenon
February 1st, 2023 
Awake Goy For those looking to step back in time, the Cairn de Barnenez located in France’s Brittany is ideal. As one of the world’s oldest standing structures in the world, the Cairn de Barnenez is a marvel of Neolithic engineering and the largest mausoleum in Europe. Dubbed the “Prehistoric Parthenon” by André Malraux, the French writer […]
Greece will insist on the return of the Parthenon Marbles, Mendoni says
January 14th, 2023 Awake Goy Culture and Sports Minister Lina Mendoni said in an interview with SKAI radio on Friday that “Greece will continue to demand the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Athens and their reunification with the Parthenon. At all levels, both on the level of public opinion but also via the processes of UNESCO.” According to Mendoni,… […]
British Culture Secretary Warns: Returning the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece “A Very Dangerous and Slippy Road”
December 9th, 2022 Awake Goy British culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has issued a warning that returning the Parthenon sculptures to Greece would be a “very dangerous and slippy road.” The 2,500 year old Parthenon sculptures (also referred to in popular culture as the ‘Parthenon Marbles’ or the ‘Elgin Marbles’) were removed from the Acropolis in Athens over 200 years ago […]
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No Comments »Secret negotiations close to returning Parthenon Sculptures (!)
December 4th, 2022 Awake Goy Reports are emerging from London about secret negotiations between George Osborne, the Chair of Trustees of the British Museum, and the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and other senior ministers over the fate of the Elgin collection of Parthenon sculptures currently held on display in the museum’s controversial Duveen Gallery. According to the… […]
Posted in World News Tags: close, negotiations, parthenon, returning, sculptures, secret No Comments »The day the Parthenon is Blown Up
September 27th, 2022 Awake Goy The Athenian temple was partly destroyed on 26 September 1687. The 15-year ‘Great Turkish War’, an effort to oppose the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into Europe, was made up of many more minor conflicts, including the Morean War between Venice and the Ottomans, in which the future Venetian doge and fêted Captain-General Francesco Morosini was… […]
Greek PM references Parthenon sculptures at the UN
September 27th, 2022 Awake Goy Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to Greece’s standing demand for the permanent return from the British Museum in London of the Parthenon sculptures during his address to the United Nations General Assembly. “I’m pleased to say that our long and continuing effort to reunite the Parthenon sculptures back in Greece, in this effort we have… […]
US Cycladic Art Deal seals promise for Parthenon Sculptures
September 5th, 2022 Awake Goy The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport has just negotiated an agreement in principle with Leonard Stern, one of America’s richest men and a voracious art collector, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for the exhibition and eventual return of 161 Cycladic artefacts from the Stern collection. The ramifications of this ‘deal’ […]
US Cycladic Art Deal seals promise for Parthenon Sculptures
September 5th, 2022 Awake Goy The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport has just negotiated an agreement in principle with Leonard Stern, one of America’s richest men and a voracious art collector, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for the exhibition and eventual return of 161 Cycladic artefacts from the Stern collection. The ramifications of this ‘deal’ […]
Patriarch Bartholomew to Open Saint Nicholas, the “Parthenon of Orthodoxy”
November 2nd, 2021 Awake Goy Patriarch Bartholomew, who is visiting the US, will preside a blessing and cross elevation ceremony at Saint Nicholas on Tuesday, the tiny Greek Orthodox Church that was destroyed at 9/11 and completely rebuilt. Saint Nicholas, the National Shrine at the World Trade Center, is now almost ready. Named after the patron saint of sailors, the […]
Posted in manhattan Tags: bartholomew, nicholas, orthodoxy, parthenon, patriarch, saint No Comments »The Parthenon: An Epic Monument Or a Mystery in Measurements?
January 14th, 2021 Awake Goy The Parthenon, proudly standing on the Athenian Acropolis , is considered by many historians and archaeologists alike as the undisputed symbol of Athenian democracy and the cradle of Western civilization. The monument is also considered one of the finest buildings of all time by a large number of architects worldwide. It attracts millions of tourists […]
‘Parthenon of shipwrecks’: Greece opens its first underwater museum
August 2nd, 2020 Awake Goy 
Greece opened its first underwater museum on Saturday, giving members of the public the chance to scuba dive to the wreck of an ancient ship that sank in the 5th century BC. The ship was carrying some 3,000-4,000 amphoras, ancient storage devices which in this case were being used to transport wine. The site, located […]
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