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I know, ' he said. 'But then again I don't think the Greeks could either.' Whether or not prompted by the Olympic Games -- some of the facilities for which have already fallen into disuse -- Athens has enjoyed something of a renaissance over the last four years. It has culminated in the New Acropolis Museum. From the outside the museum resembles nothing else in Athens or indeed Greece.
The world has come to understand that missing sections from museum displays of ancient sculpture are the inevitable result of parts breaking off and becoming lost to the world. But at the New Acropolis Museum in Athens they know exactly where to find the stones that would fill those accusatory gaps. The empty spaces act as a poignant reminder to the viewer that the collection is not complete--and that it will remain incomplete as long as the Elgin Marbles sit in the Duveen Room of the British Museum, their home since 1816.See the full content of this document
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Acropolis Now
We have come to understand that missing sections from museum displays of ancient sculpture are the inevitable result of parts breaking off and becoming lost to the world. But at the New Acropolis Museum in Athens we know exactly where to find the stones that w...
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