The Parthenon, the Temple of Athena, was built in 15 years between 447 to 432 BC by the architects Iktinos and Kallikrates, and Phidias the sculptor. The man responsible for the project was the great Athenian statesman, Pericles, ...

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Monument Vs Men

The first significant damage in 21 centuries occurred on 26 September 1687 when the Venetian General Francesco Morosini laid siege to Athens. During the siege, a ball from a Venetian cannon hit the Parthenon and blew up the roof b...

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And Then Came Elgin

Thomas Bruce, the seventh Earl of Elgin, was a Scottish aristocrat who had served in the British army as an officer, and as a consul before appointed British Ambassador to Constantinople in 1799.

He took his team with him includi...

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A man with a Mission...

In his first trip to Europe, in 1976, Emanuel noticed so many wonderful Greek antiquities in the various national museums. He thought “So why are they here? They should be in Greece”.

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The Parthenon

Monument Vs Men

And Then Came Elgin

A man with a Mission...

OUR MISSION IS ...

The restitution of the Parthenon Marbles. We want to see all existing pieces from the monument, scattered in museums and private collections around the world, returned to their place of origin. Athens Greece.

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Media Release. IOC-A-RPM to host the next International Colloquy

The International Organising Committee – Australia – for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles has the pleasure to announce that our Committee will host the International Colloquy:

“Parthenon: An Icon of Global Citizenship”. Sydney 15-17 November 2013

Event Background

In 2012, three leading campaigning organisations for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, from Australia, UK and USA, joined forces and organised an International Colloquy that was held in London. The event was timed to coincide with the third anniversary of the opening of the new Acropolis Museum and the occasion of the 2012 London Olympics one month later.

2013 International Colloquy

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The Colloquy's proceedings are available HERE

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Message from the founder

In my first trip to Europe, in 1976, I noticed so many wonderful Greek antiquities in the various national museums. I thought “So why are they here? They should be in Greece”.

Later I saw the Parthenon Temple in Athens and learned of the exquisite statues which once adorned it. The Parthenon Marbles sitting forlorn in foreign lands must be returned home to Greece. It became an obsession with me.

At the 1981 national Convention of AHEPA the first committee in the world dedicated to the return of the Parthenon Marbles was established with the support of AHEPA. In subsequent years I lectured on the Parthenon Marbles and the case for restitution throughout Australia, the USA, Greece and New Zealand. In 1984, Melina Mercouri, then Minister for Culture in the Greek Government, put me in touch with the newly formed British restitution committee and we have supported them and worked together with them since that time. I went to New Zealand in 2000 and formed a new committee to represent that country in our combined worldwide effort to press for the just return of the ancient treasures to Greece.

Why all this effort? You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us.

They are our pride, our sacrifices, a noble symbol of excellence. They are a tribute to the Democratic philosophy. They are the essence of Hellenism.

EMANUEL JOHN COMINO AM

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13 March 2013 | Lecture by Emanuel J. Comino AM

	AHEPA together with The Cultural Committee of the Greek Orthodox Community of St George Brisbane

Invite you to a Public Lecture by Emanuel J. Comino AM

"The Case for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles"

Greek Ministry of Culture. Special Advisory Committee To Seek Parthenon Marbles’ Return

By Stella Tsolakidou, GreekReporter.com September 20, 2012

Deputy Minister of Culture Kostas Tzavaras has set up a special advisory committee to coordinate strategy for the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles stolen by a British diplomat, Lord Elgin, 200 years ago. The stolen goods are now in the British Museum which refuses to return them.

The committe consists of the President of the Melina Mercouri Foundation Christofors Argyropoulos, archaeologist Elena Korka, lawyer Irene Stamatoudi and representative of the Foreign Ministry Panos Kalogeropoulos.

The Acropolis Museum receives the 2012 Keck Award

On Friday 14 September 2012, the Acropolis Museum was awarded by the International Institute for Conservation (IIC) in Vienna, with the Keck Award 2012. The award concerns the conservation and restoration of the Caryatids, the Kore from the south porch of the Erechtheion temple, with the use of laser technology.

In 1994, the IIC Council announced the establishment of the IIC Keck Award, generously endowed by Sheldon and Caroline Keck, pioneers of art conservation. The award is presented every two years to 'the individual or group who has contributed most towards promoting public understanding and appreciation of the accomplishments of the conservation profession'.

Send them back: The Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Athens

This debate took place at Cadogan Hall, London, on 11th June 2012. A shortened version of the debate will be broadcast on BBC World News on the following dates (all times GMT):

Saturday 30th June -- 09:10, 21:10

Sunday 1st July -- 02:10, 15:10

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To sue or not to sue? Parthenon Marbles activists debate

By Trevor Timpson - BBC News

Activists from around the world seeking the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Athens have met in London to discuss their strategy as Greece faces troubled times.

"The Olympics are a four-yearly reminder to the world of all we owe to Greece," said former MP Eddie O'Hara - who chairs the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles.

The meeting, he added, "ought to remind people in London and throughout the world that there's one debt to Greece that will never be repaid until those sculptures in the British Museum are returned."