BCRPM warmly welcomes Professor Nikos Stampolidis, the very eminent archaeologist and previous director of the Museum of Cycladic Art, on his appointment as General Director of the Acropolis Museum, working with the President, the well respected Professor Pandermalis. This statement appeared in To Vima:
Nikos Stampolidis acknowledges the challenges he has to face with regards to the continued division of the sculptures from the Parthenon and adds: "The Parthenon is a global symbol. It is the material imprint of the classical world from where Western civilization came, we would say the home of all the states of Europe, of all humanity. (…) Is it not the body of a divine communion from which everyone should partake? It is a whole born in a specific time, space and environment, under a specific light. And all people under this light and the air and the environment should visit the Parthenon and be baptized again in their roots."
To view the original article in To Vima, follow the link here and to read the letter sent to Professor Nikos Stampolidis from BCRPM, see the attached.
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