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	Emanuel John Comino AM, Founder and Chairman Emanuel Comino has spent the last forty four years travelling Australia and the world, presenting lectures and arguing the case for the return of the Marbles. “I will fight on as long as I live,” he says “until England promises to send the Marbles back to Greece. I will continue to work for their restitution until the day I die. They were and remain an integral part of the Parthenon as a monument to the glory of Classical Greece and the civilisation it gave to the world.” Learn more
	Tasha Vanos OAM, Vice Chairman Retired Production Project Superintendent. Dept. of Defence Garden Island Assistant Project Officer Naval Attache Office Washington DC USA. Weapons Technical Services.HMA Naval Dockyard.(Senior Technical Officer) Member with various Management Committee positions for over thirty years. Past National President of AHEPA Australasia, Secretary of AHEPA NSW, Chairman of the AHEPA Foundation and past President of the Castellorizian Club.
	Nicholas Lynch, Vice Chairman
	Russell Darnley OAM, Secretary & International Liaison Officer Author, a former teacher, educational consultant, digital education developer and small business operator. Active on Social Media.
	James Tzavaras, Treasurer James was born in Greece and came to Australia in 1960. He has been involved in the business sector for over 28 years. Retired in 1988 but then went back to sales for one of the best food wholesale companies in Australia “Frutex”. James has been an active member of AHEPA for over 33 years, served in many positions as well as in management. He was one of the founding members of the committee, for what he believe is an injustice to the Hellenic Heritage and the PARTHENON MARBLES.

MEMBERS

Jordan Antonopoulos – Public Officer and Legal Advisor
Theodora Gianniotis
Kathy Kouvas
Christine Lynch – Founding Member
Yani Maroulis
George Minas
Paul Nicolaou
Katherine Paloumis
Dimitri Papapetrou
Gina Papapetrou
John Theodoridis
Eva Green
Stella Vaughan

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This selection of metopes are amongst those torn from the Parthenon by Elgin’s team. In order to take them they had to be sawn from their places. They were architectural elements of the Parthenon. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣These photos were taken by Nikolaos Chatziandreou.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣These metopes are now in the #BritishMuseum. Here they can only be viewed in a dim grey light, such a sad contrast with the stunning bright like of their home on the Acropolis. They are also turned so that they are face inwards. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣Originally the metopes faced out from the Parthenon their locations consistent with the spiritual geography of the Parthenon and the #Acropolis.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣The new #AcropolisMuseum has a space ready for their return. Here alignments and lighting are the same as in their original location as architectural elements of the Parthenon.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣#ReturnTheMarbles #ParthenonMarbles #AncientGreece #athens #attica

We take great pleasure in announcing the imminent release of a work by Héllena Micy ‘The Parthenon Marbles (bring them back)’ in three days time. Here are just a few studio shots taken during the recording.⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣Watch this space for the release on Monday 20 June, 20019.⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣Héllena was born and raised in the shadow of the Mountain of the Gods, Olympus, in Greece. She is a singer, songwriter, director and composer. Her creations regularly marry the Eastern/Western world

The present restoration project began in 1983⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣On the eastern side the projects included the restoration of the two corners of the entablature and the pediment, the transfer of the original sculptures to the new Akropolis Museum and the replacement of some with exact copies on the monument (images 1-2).⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣During the works in the pronaos, the monument’s three northern columns were partially restored with the use of material whose original position has been identified, while the fourth and fifth columns were fully restored. The columns were complemented with new marble and since 2015 the final carving of their flutes has been taking place (images 3-4).⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣The structural restoration of the northern colonnade of the Parthenon gave the possibility to correct misplacements of previous intervention. Eight central columns and the corresponding entablature have been restored. The new intervention of 2001-2009 has revived the Parthenon’s original form, through the placement of ancient members and titanium at internal reinforcements and clamps (image 5).⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣The aim of the restoration of the cello’s long walls (from 2011 on) aims to define the plan of the cella by incorporating the attributed scattered ancient stones. After the complection of the interventions the two walls will appear to mach their original form - as they would have been just after the 1687 explosion (image 6). Since 2011 work has been carried out on the external and internal layer of the orthostate of the North wall that is required for the support of the overlying blocks of the wall (image 7). ⁣ ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣#in_athens #parthenon #ParthenonMarbles #Elgin #BritishMuseum #TheAcropolisMuseum #Byron #Acropolis #Architecture #PedimentalSculptures #Metopes #Freize #Athens #BringThemBack #Sculpture #History #Geography #Helios #Selene #Cosmological #Imperial #BritishEmpire ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣#ancientgreece #ancienthistory

A sketch of the ancient #Parthenon as it might have appeared during the time of #Pericles.⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣#ParthenonMarbles #Elgin #BritishMuseum #TheAcropolisMuseum #Byron #Acropolis #Architecture #PedimentalSculptures #Metopes #Frieze #Athens #BringThemBack #Sculpture #History #Geography #Helios #Selene #Cosmological #Imperial #BritishEmpire ⁣ #ΕΠΙΣΤΡΟΦΗ #AncientParthenon #ancientgreece #stunning_greece #ancienthistory

This is a small segment of an audiovisual display at the @acropolismuseum. The presence of the #ParthenonSculpture at the foot of the #Parthenon, is powerful. Seeing this display also reminded us of the aesthetic energy the intact Parthenon must have emitted. Only here in the Acropolis Museum, can these connection be readily made.⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣We wasted no time in capturing a few moments of the display on an iPhone. Apologies for the poor quality images.

This first image is a section of the Parthenon Frieze in the Acropolis Museum. It is part of a group that is being laser cleaned. Finally, this technology allows accumulated dust of the ages to be removed without destroying the texture of the marble surface. If you look carefully you’ll see some holes in the horse’s mane and necks. These were for securing the bridles that were attached to these magnificently carved creatures. The second image is from the British Museum. This is part of the Parthenon’s frieze that Elgin’s team removed. Notice how the stone has been scrubbed clean. This caused damage to the surface. The British Museum has not been a wise curator of these priceless examples of Greek cultural heritage. It’s time to return them to Athens.⁣⁣ #ΕΠΙΣΤΡΟΦΗ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ #in_athens #parthenon #ParthenonMarbles #Elgin #BritishMuseum #TheAcropolisMuseum #Byron #Acropolis #Architecture #PedimentalSculptures #Metopes #Frieze #Athens #BringThemBack #Sculpture #History #Geography #Helios #Selene #Cosmological #Imperial #BritishEmpire #Pentelic #pentelicmarble #Propylaia #ParthenonSculptures

International Organising Committee – Australia for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles

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