Ancient Greece
PM Mitsotakis formally requests the return of Parthenon Sculptures to Greece
November 12, 2021
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his speech in Paris in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of UNESCO raised the...
The Antikythera Mechanism
The Story Behind the Genius of the Greek Computer and its Demise
by Evaggelos G. Vallianatos
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Synopsis
In Antikythera Mechanism: The Story...
‘They want to make the Acropolis into Disneyland.’ Site renovations face...
Greece says it wants to make the Acropolis more accessible. Critics say it’s turning the ancient site into Disneyland.
By Lydia Emmanouilidou
Jun 17, 2021
Architect Tasos...
Destrοying Attica, a cradle of Civilization, a unique climatic and esthetic...
Elliniko Project to Start as Lamda Set to Pay First Installment
By Patricia Claus
June 18, 2021
Lamda Development, the firm that is responsible for the gargantuan...
Attacking the Classic Civilization, Entering the new Dark Ages
Parthenon Marbles “not particularly inspiring… return them to Greece,” says ex Museum trustee
February 18, 2021
“Return the Elgin Marbles to Greece,'” they are not inspiration...
Hölderlin’s Hyperion (1934) by Georg Lukács
Written: 1934;
Translator: Robert Anchor;
Source: Goethe and His Age Merlin Press 1968;
Transcribed: Harrison Fluss for marxists.org, February 2008.
Oh! were there a banner ... a Thermopylae...
France Donates Tapestry of Raphael’s School of Athens to Greece
France donated to Greece the magnificent tapestry depicting the artwork of Italian-born High Renaissance artist Raphael.
Raphael’s famous, dubbed the School of Athens, is famous...
Decadence, anti-Humanism, mediocrity: The inverse idol of White Racism
Aristotle and Plato must go. After targeting statues, race activists now aim to topple the ancient founders of Western thought
By Alexander Adams
10 Feb, 2021
An...
Greece to lend Antiquities, “entire monument” to museums abroad up to...
December 9, 2020
Greece’s Culture Ministry has submitted an amendment stipulating the export of museum collections including antiquities and even “an entire monument” to museums...
ICOMOS calls for Protection of antiquities at Thessaloniki metro station
December 14, 2020
The International Council on Monuments and Sites, a technical advisor to UNESCO is calling for the Protection of the Antiquities in situ...