On the initiative of EVANGELOS FYLAKTOS, marble artist and history researcher, (cf. About Us -> Board -> Chairman of the Board and www.filaktos.gr), the GREEK COMMITTEE FOR THE RETURN OF THE ACROPOLIS SCUPLTURES [EEEGA] is established in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. This effort is supported by 125 founding members, scholars, artists, scientists, students, and ordinary citizens. EEEGA aims to inform and raise awareness in Greece and around the world.
Many decades before the 1821 revolution, even before the theories of the German Joachim Vinkelman, who separated Ancient Greek Art from Ancient Rome and displayed with enthusiasm the superiority of
One hundred and fourteen years after the bombing of the Parthenon from the cannon of Morozoni (1687) many of the
Works of art which hymns have been written about, masterpieces which have been admired by all mankind, Lord Elgin did
The profane actions of Elgin today are considered by the British ‘brave actions’ and they are exhibited with pride at
As regards the stolen Caryatid the emigrated daughter of the Athenians who was separated from her five sisters there are
The unforgettable Melina Mercouri had said: “I hope, before I die to see the marbles of the Parthenon in Greece.
