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June 25, 2003
The Parthenon Frieze
The Parthenon Frieze may now be viewed on-line stone by stone despite its component blocks being separated into three museums in France, Greece, and the UK:
The virtual tour of the frieze, which is over a metre wide and 160 metres long, includes an introduction and a stone by stone description of the frieze in both Greek and English. Furthermore, the photographs of the original blocks, many of which are incomplete due to damage, are supplemented with drawings of the missing sections dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Greek governments preparations to host the 2004 Olympics and gambit to replace the Elgin Marbles (the so-called Parthenon Marbles) includes the attractive New Acropolis Museum.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at June 25, 2003 11:20 AM