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If We Ask Nicely, Can We Have Our Marbles Back?

Eleni Gage | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Britain, Acropolis, Greece, Art History, New-Acropolis-Museum, Athens, Parthenon, Museums, Imperialism, World News
Eleni Gage

The Greeks have been tripping all over themselves trying to be uncharacteristically polite, lest anyone think them rude because the New Acropolis Museum is also a reproach to the British Museum.

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"There Are Tears in Things, and Mortality Touches the Mind"

Tim O'Reilly | Posted 11.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Ancient Greeks, Travel, Greece, Athens, Acropolis, Living News
Tim O'Reilly

We visited the Athenian Agora and the Archaeological Museum, and in both places, it was the touch of mortality that brought the most significance to the day.

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