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Article: Showcased at Greece's new Acropolis Museum: missing artifacts.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- June 21, 2009
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Byline: Nicole Itano Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Athens, Greece -- Greece officially opened its long-awaited new Acropolis Museum Saturday, unveiling a spectacular new gallery to display the famous Parthenon Marbles. But the new museum, more than 30 years in the making, will be defined as much by what it is missing as what it has on display: Nearly half the surviving sculptures from the Parthenon are exhibited in the British Museum. The Greek government hopes the new museum will be a powerful tool in the campaign to win them back. "Parthenon sculptures were looted. But this looting can be redeemed and repaired today," said Greece's Culture ...