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Greek Culture Minister George Voulgarakis places a fragment of the Parthenon north frieze in its original place inside the Acropolis Museum September 5, 2006. The marble piece was handed back to Greece from Germany's University of Heidelberg. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Greek Culture Minister George Voulgarakis places a fragment of the Parthenon north frieze in its original place inside the Acropolis Museum September 5, 2006.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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ATHENS, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Culture Minister George Voulgarakis on Tuesday unveiled a repatriated fragment belonging to the 8th block of the Parthenon's northern frieze, following its return by the University of Heidelberg.
The fragment is part of a carving of a man's heel,
which measures 11cm by 8cm, and is to be re-attached to the temple.
Voulgarakis arrived at the renowned German university
a day earlier to attend a handing-over ceremony, calling the development
"momentous," as for the first time a standing demand for repatriating portions
of the Classical Era Parthenon was granted.
"Our duty to repatriate the Parthenon Marbles back to
their rightful place is a duty of all humanity towards civilization," the
minister said in a direct reference to Athens' persistence in returning the
friezes saw off the Parthenon in the early 19th century by a rogue English
diplomat, Lord Elgin.
Two ancient artifacts were also returned earlier this
year by a U.S. private museum after decades-long dispute.
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