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Collections present and absent at the New Acropolis Museum
The annual lecture of the Irish Museums Association is this year being presented by Dimitrios Pantermalis, director of the New Acropolis Museum, on the topic: Collections present and absent at the New Acropolis Museum. The lecture will take place on ...
Elginism on Press TV – Who really owns stolen and looted artefacts?
Next week’s episode of The Agenda, a programme presented by Yvonne Ridley on Press TV is on the subject of Treasure: Who really owns stolen and looted artefacts?. I am appearing on the show, along with three other guests, to discuss various asp...
Has the time come for the Nefertiti bust to return to Egypt
Zahi Hawass’s requests for the return of the bust of Nefertiti by Germany has generated largej amounts of publicity, encouraging people to enter into discussion on why the artefacts is in Germany & whether it should be returned to Egypt. F...
Canada’s Governor General to visit the New Acropolis Museum
Michaelle Jean, Canada’s Governor General plans to make a visit to the New Acropolis Museum during a trip to Athens. From: Athens News Agency 11/02/2009 Canada’s Gov. General in Olympia The Governor General of Canada, Michaelle Jean, on F...
UN Secretary General visits the New Acropolis Museum
Whist on a visit to Athens, Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary General, will be shown around the New Acropolis Museum. From: Athens News Agency 11/02/2009 UN chief in Athens United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is due to arrive in Athe...
Metropolitan Museum to return Pharonic relief to Egypt
In an unusual turn of events, New York’s Metropolitan Museum purchased a four thousand year old relief from a collector with the sole intention of returning it to Egypt. It is unclear from this article whether there was any other motive present...
