Word: parthenon
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...Greece two ancient artifacts: a 2,400-year-old [an error occurred while processing this directive] tombstone, right, and a 6th century B.C. marble relief, above. For decades, Greece has noisily lobbied for the return of relics - especially the British Museum's Elgin Marbles, which were stripped from Athens' Parthenon in the early 1800s. Its efforts got a big boost last year, when Italian authorities put former Getty antiquities curator Marion True on trial for trafficking in looted works. Then in February, New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art agreed to return to Italy the Euphronios krater...
Next year, Eckhouse and Hent plan on living in Boston, where he will be working for Parthenon consulting...
...destruction of cultural capital in the name of war is, of course, nothing new. In perhaps the most famous example, a Venetian cannonball destroyed a large section of the Athenian Parthenon in 1687 after the besieged Turks had turned it into a powder magazine. Victorious forces often purposefully destroy cultural icons and monuments in order to demoralize the conquered, highlighting the difference between cultural and political capital—I am sure nobody at the U.N. Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization cried as the U.S. Marines toppled the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad’s Firdos Square. Other...
...himself by implying that his sixth grade teams frequently won championships. This quote beats out two other great ones from Shaq, including “I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to,” when asked about visiting the Parthenon during his visit to Greece, and “My game is like the Pythagorean theorem: There is no answer...
...roadbeds, throwing up scaffolding, building overpasses - all in anticipation of Aug. 13, 2004. That's when the Olympics come home for the first time since 1896, the year Athens hosted the first Games of the modern era. No one is suggesting that the new Nikaia Weightlifting Hall matches the Parthenon for elegance or grandeur. Nor is the new Olympic Village being carved out of marble from Mount Pentelicus, the pride of ancient architects. But the tempo of building is impressive - even Periclean. And it comes not a moment too soon. The Games begin in less than 690 days - as digital...