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Pagans pray to Athena to protect Acropolis

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:00:32 GMT

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In what organizers said was the first such ceremony performed amid the Acropolis ruins in Athens since the ancient Greek religion was outlawed in the fourth century, dozens of Greek pagans huddled near the Parthenon in a downpour Sunday to worship in protest of the new museum being built at the foot of the site. They gathered before the temple’s east wing and prayed to Athena, goddess of wisdom and patron of Athens, to protect the Parthenon from further destruction.

The Greek Culture Ministry forbids ceremonies of any sort at archaeological sites, but the small band of pagan revivalists entered the Acropolis’s heavily guarded grounds as tourists and then persuaded guards to allow the 15-minute rite. It was organized by Ellinais, an Athens group that recently won a court battle for state recognition of the ancient religion.

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Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:51:57 GMT

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Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:30:12 GMT

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The New Acropolis Museum

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:27:00 GMT

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] “No sane architect,” Nicolai Ouroussoff writes, “would want to invite comparisons between his building and the Parthenon. So it comes as little surprise that the New Acropolis Museum, which stands at the foot of one of the great achievements of human history, is a quiet work, especially by the standards of its flamboyant Swiss-born architect, Bernard Tschumi. But in mastering his ego, Mr. Tschumi pulled off an impressive accomplishment: a building that is both an enlightening meditation on the Parthenon and a mesmerizing work in its own right. I can’t remember seeing a design that is so eloquent about another work of architecture.”

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Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:23:01 GMT

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At 45,900 square feet, the mega stage at Toronto's newest film studio is large enough to accommodate the Greek Parthenon, and a Harry Potter movie or two.

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Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:52:49 GMT

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Fireworks exploded over the Parthenon in Athens as Greece welcomed 2008.

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:43:48 GMT

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Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:06:50 GMT

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Is Beauty Hardwired into Our Brains?

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:12:20 GMT

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The proportions of the statues themselves reflect "the golden ratio," a mathematical figure known since ancient Greece that Renaissance artists often thought embodied ideal beauty. In nature, the golden ratio can be found in the way nautilus shells curve or how seeds spiral on strawberries. It describes hurricanes, galaxies and the flight pattern of a falcon on the hunt.

Specifically, the golden ratio is equal to roughly 1.618. It is unique in that its value is equal to the ratio of its integer part to its fractional part—that is, 1.618 is roughly equal to 1 divided by 0.618.

In art, the golden ratio has arguably been found in the Parthenon in Athens, the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Mona Lisa.

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The proportions of the sculptures in the study followed the golden ratio. And the original images of them strongly activated sets of brain cells that the distorted images did not—including the insula, a brain structure that mediates emotions.

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Architectual Interface between Modernity and Antiquity

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:15:07 GMT

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No sane architect, one can assume, would want to invite comparisons between his building and the Parthenon. So it comes as little surprise that the New Acropolis Museum, which stands at the foot of one of the great achievements of human history, is a quiet work, especially by the standards of its flamboyant Swiss-born architect, Bernard Tschumi.

But in mastering his ego, Tschumi pulled off an impressive accomplishment: a building that is both an enlightening meditation on the Parthenon and a mesmerizing work in its own right. I can't remember seeing a design that is so eloquent about another work of architecture.

But by fusing sculpture, architecture and the ancient landscape into a forceful visual narrative, the New Acropolis Museum delivers a revelation that trumps the tired arguments and incessant flag waving by both sides. It's impossible to stand in the top-floor galleries, in full view of the Parthenon's ravaged, sun-bleached frame, without craving the marbles' return.

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Cranes move Acropolis Sculptures

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:27:15 GMT

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Cranes move Acropolis sculptures

Crowds of bystanders watched the first of the monuments gingerly lifted by cranes at the 2,500-year-old Parthenon.

Thousands of antiquities will be moved, mostly marble sculptures from the fifth and sixth centuries BC.

Greek officials hope the new site will boost the country's long campaign for the return of the Elgin Marbles.

The Elgin Marbles are a collection of sculptures that were removed from the Parthenon 200 years ago and are now part of a collection at the British Museum in London.

Michael Liapis, the Greek culture minister, told Reuters news agency: "It is the first time in 2,500 years the Parthenon marbles are moved.

"It's a historic event not just for Greece but the international community."

The antiquities - which are insured for 400m euros (£280m) - are being removed from the old museum next to the Parthenon.

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Fireworks exploded over the Parthenon in Athens as Greece welcomed 2008.

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Is Beauty Hardwired into Our Brains?

Architectual Interface between Modernity and Antiquity

Cranes move Acropolis Sculptures

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