WHY IS GREECE DOING A U TURN REGARDING THE PARTHENON MARBLES…?
The Brits did it again! Well it has been refuted “Greek Reporter – 08.12.2010 The Culture Ministry yesterday rebuffed a report in the Times newspaper suggesting that Minister Pavlos Geroulanos had offered to forgo its claims to the Parthenon Marbles. The Marbles are on display at the British Museum. Sources at the Ministry told Skai TV that the government has not changed its position regarding its demand for the return of the Marbles.” An other very interesting article published today in The Korea Herald is the following: “Home countries of relics join forces” http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Deta… Some interesting points: “Hosted by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, 25 participating countries including Greece, Italy, China, Peru and South Korea discussed the protection and restitution of cultural heritage, ways to request UNESCO to amend the 1970 convention and agreed to cooper
