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RC2TJ8AECTI3 People visit the newly opened permanent "Excavation" exhibition, called also "The museum under the museum", featuring more than 1,100 artefacts, from statues to children's toys, found during excavations in the area of the modern Acropolis museum in Athens, Greece June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

RC2TJ8AJR447 People visit the newly opened permanent "Excavation" exhibition, called also "The museum under the museum", featuring more than 1,100 artefacts, from statues to children's toys, found during excavations in the area of the modern Acropolis museum in Athens, Greece June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

RC2TJ8AKQ6UV People visit the newly opened permanent "Excavation" exhibition, called also "The museum under the museum", featuring more than 1,100 artefacts, from statues to children's toys, found during excavations in the area of the modern Acropolis museum in Athens, Greece June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

RC2TJ8AALZ4V People visit the newly opened permanent "Excavation" exhibition, called also "The museum under the museum", featuring more than 1,100 artefacts, from statues to children's toys, found during excavations in the area of the modern Acropolis museum in Athens, Greece June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

RC2TJ8A34IAC A visitor admires an artifact at the newly opened "Excavation" exhibition, or "The museum under the museum", featuring more than 1,100 artifacts, from statues to children's toys, found during excavations in the area of the modern Acropolis museum in Athens, Greece June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

RC15666D1030 (L to R) Nicholas Dawson, Evi Dawson and Angus Bruce Jones from Scotland pose for a photo next to a statue of ancient Greek goddess Nike (Victory), before the 36th Athens Classic Marathon in the town of Marathon, near Athens, Greece, November 11, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

D1AESOWKRQAA A stranded Afghan migrant carries his baby next to a statue depicting ancient Greek mythical hero Theseus saving Hippodameia from the centaur Eurytion, on Victoria square in Athens, Greece, February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

GF10000228969 Afghan refugees sit outside tents next to a statue depicting ancient Greek mythical hero Theseus saving Hippodameia from the centaur Eurytion, at Victoria Square in Athens, Greece, October 1, 2015. Victoria Square, in a poor, rundown part of Athens, has been transformed into a makeshift camp in recent weeks with thousands of mainly Afghan refugees sleeping rough in the open, braving the occasional downpour as autumn sets in. Unlike often richer and better educated Syrians, they have travelled further and can't afford the ride across the Balkans to the "promised land" of northern Europe. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

GF10000122971 A Greek national flag flutters next to statues of ancient Goddess Athena (L) and God Apollo atop the Athens Academy June 10, 2015. Greece and its creditors moved closer to the brink on Wednesday with the leaders of Germany, France and the European Commission holding back planned meetings with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to press for more concessions from the Greek side. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

GF10000102743 A Greek national flag flutters next to a statue of ancient Greek goddess Athena, in Athens May 21, 2015. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has raised a fresh furore by telling a newspaper that he taped a confidential meeting of euro zone finance ministers, drawing criticism that he was undermining Greece's efforts to secure aid from lenders. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

GM1EB3I1S4K01 EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A young tourist (bottom R) is seen by statues of (from L to R) philosopher Plato, Godess Athena, God Apollo and philosopher Socrates in front of the Athens Academy March 18, 2015. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday hit back at reported criticism from European partners on a bill legislating food stamps and free electricity to the poor, saying his government will not be scared into complying with lenders. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

GM1EB3I1S4E01 EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A Greek flag flutters between the statues of ancient Greek philosophers Plato (L) and Socrates (R) in front of the Athens Academy March 18, 2015. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday hit back at reported criticism from European partners on a bill legislating food stamps and free electricity to the poor, saying his government will not be scared into complying with lenders. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

GM1EB3I1PW201 EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A Greek flag flutters by a statue of ancient Greek philosopher Socrates in central Athens March 18, 2015. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday hit back at reported criticism from European partners on a bill legislating food stamps and free electricity to the poor, saying his government will not be scared into complying with lenders.REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

GM1EAAF1M8001 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney observes a Kore statue during a visit at the Acropolis museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAF1M0X01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C) listens to Greece's Minister of Culture and Sports Konstantinos Tasoulas (L) as President of the Acropolis museum Dimitris Pantermalis looks on, during a visit at the Parthenon hall inside the museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAF1LGC01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C) gestures as she stands between the President of the Acropolis museum Dimitris Pantermalis (2nd R), Greece's Minister of Culture and Sports Konstantinos Tasoulas (L) and Geoffrey Robertson, head of Doughty Street Chambers, during a visit at the Parthenon hall inside the museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (REUTERS - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAF1LDA01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney is guided by Greece's Minister of Culture and Sports Konstantinos Tasoulas (R) and President of the Acropolis museum Dimitris Pantermalis during a visit at the Parthenon hall inside the museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAF1LAY01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C) is guided by Greece's Minister of Culture and Sports Konstantinos Tasoulas (R) and President of the Acropolis museum Dimitris Pantermalis during a visit at the Parthenon hall inside the museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAF1L5M01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C) and Greece's Minister of Culture and Sports Konstantinos Tasoulas (R) pose for photographers during a visit at the Parthenon hall inside the Acropolis museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAF1L3701 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C) is guided by the President of the Acropolis museum Dimitris Pantermalis (front -2nd L) during a visit at the museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAF1KZB01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney arrives for a news conference at the Acropolis museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAF1JBU01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C) arrives at the Acropolis museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin,arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAF1J9U01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney arrives at the Acropolis museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAF1J6V01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C) arrives at the Acropolis museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAF1J4P01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney arrives at the Acropolis museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAF1J0O01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney looks on during a news conference at the Acropolis museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT HEADSHOT)

GM1EAAF1IUA01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney gestures during a news conference at the Acropolis museum in Athens October 15, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1JU601 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney is pictured before a meeting in the Greek Culture Ministry in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Thanasis Stavrakis/Pool (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1JRT01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney stands next to Greek Minister of Culture Konstantinos Tasoulas in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Thanasis Stavrakis/Pool (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1JP901 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney is pictured before a meeting in the Greek Culture Ministry in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Thanasis Stavrakis/Pool (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1JGI01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney talks with Greek Minister of Culture Konstantinos Tasoulas before a meeting in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Thanasis Stavrakis/Pool (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1JG801 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney shakes hands with Greek Minister of Culture Konstantinos Tasoulas before a meeting in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Thanasis Stavrakis/Pool (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1JG701 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney talks with Greek Minister of Culture Konstantinos Tasoulas during a meeting in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Thanasis Stavrakis/Pool (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1HBS01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney is escorted by Greek Minister of Culture Konstantinos Tasoulas after a meeting in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1FJZ01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C), Geoffrey Robertson (3nd R), head of Doughty Street Chambers, and David Hill (2nd L), head of the International Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles arrive at the ministry of Culture and Sports for a meeting with Greek minister Konstantinos Tasoulas (not pictured) in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1FHR01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C), Geoffrey Robertson (R), head of Doughty Street Chambers, and David Hill (L), head of the International Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles arrive at the ministry of Culture and Sports for a meeting with Greek minister Konstantinos Tasoulas (not pictured) in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1FED01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C), Geoffrey Robertson (2nd R), head of Doughty Street Chambers, and David Hill (2nd L), head of the International Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles arrive at the ministry of Culture and Sports for a meeting with Greek minister Konstantinos Tasoulas (not pictured) in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1F6501 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney arrives at the ministry of Culture and Sports for a meeting with Greek minister Konstantinos Tasoulas (not pictured) in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1DJJ01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney leaves an Athens hotel for a meeting with Greece's Minister of Culture and Sports Konstantinos Tasoulas (not pictured) October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1BLP01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney and Geoffrey Robertson (R), head of Doughty Street Chambers leave a hotel for a meeting with Greece's Minister of Culture and Sports Konstantinos Tasoulas (not pictured) in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1BHM01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney and Geoffrey Robertson (R), head of Doughty Street Chambers, leave a hotel for a meeting with Greece's Minister of Culture and Sports Konstantinos Tasoulas (not pictured) in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE1BD601 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney leaves a hotel for a meeting with Greece's Minister of Culture and Sports Konstantinos Tasoulas (not pictured) in Athens October 14, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE07TK01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney arrives at a hotel in Athens October 13, 2014. The Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAE06G901 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C) and Geoffrey Robertson (R), head of Doughty Street Chambers, arrive at a a hotel in Athens October 13, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS)

GM1EAAE06BF01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney makes statements after her arrival at a hotel in Athens October 13, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS)

GM1EAAE05MU01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C) makes statements as Geoffrey Robertson (L), head of Doughty Street Chambers, and David Hill, head of the International Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, look on after their arrival at a hotel in Athens October 13, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS)

GM1EAAE05K301 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney (C) and Geoffrey Robertson (R), head of Doughty Street Chambers, arrive at a hotel in Athens October 13, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS)

GM1EAAE05FH01 Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney arrives at a hotel in Athens October 13, 2014. Lebanese-born Alamuddin, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, arrived in Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAA1JOF01 A couple visits the Parthenon hall at the Acropolis museum in Athens October 10, 2014. Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, is heading to Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. The Marbles are a set of ancient Greek sculptures taken to London after being removed from the Acropolis in Athens by a British aristocrat, Lord Elgin, while Athens was under Ottoman control in the 19th Century. Greece has sought their return from the British Museum for decades, to no avail. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EAAA1JJ701 A woman looks at exhibits on display in the Parthenon hall at the Acropolis museum, as the temple of the Parthenon is seen in the background, in Athens October 10, 2014. Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney, fresh from her marriage to Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney last month, is heading to Athens to advise the Greek government in its battle to repatriate the ancient Elgin Marbles statues from Britain. The Marbles are a set of ancient Greek sculptures taken to London after being removed from the Acropolis in Athens by a British aristocrat, Lord Elgin, while Athens was under Ottoman control in the 19th Century. Greece has sought their return from the British Museum for decades, to no avail. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1EA6700BN01 A marble cycladic female figurine is on display at Greece's National Archaeological museum in Athens June 6, 2014. Two ancient artefacts, a carved disc and a 90-centimetre marble statue of a woman, stolen from Greece nearly forty years ago returned to Athens on Friday as a gesture of goodwill by Germany's Badisches Landesmuseum. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

GM1EA661S9701 A marble Cycladic female figurine is on display at Greece's National Archaeological museum in Athens June 6, 2014. Two ancient artefacts, a carved disc and a 90-centimetre marble statue of a woman, that were stolen from Greece nearly forty years ago returned to Athens on Friday as a gesture of goodwill by Germany's Badisches Landesmuseum. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

GM1EA661RZW01 Peter Schoof , German ambassador to Athens, looks at a marble Cycladic female figurine on display at Greece's National Archaeological museum in Athens June 6, 2014. Two ancient artefacts, a carved disc and a 90-centimetre marble statue of a woman, that were stolen from Greece nearly forty years ago returned to Athens on Friday as a gesture of goodwill by Germany's Badisches Landesmuseum. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

LR2E82E13QP29 Pensioners gather in front of a statue of Pericles during an anti-austerity rally in Athens, February 14, 2012. Greece has admitted it still faces a tough job in persuading the European Union and IMF to save it from bankruptcy even after parliament approved savage extra budget cuts, provoking a night of looting and burning in central Athens. Pericles was a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and considered a founder of ancient Athens. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST)

GM1E4AH1IJL01 A general view shows the porch of the Caryatids of the Erectheion temple on the Acropolis in Athens, October 16, 2008, as a restorer (bottom L) works to remove a film of black crust caused by pollution from the surface using laser beams. A team of Greek engineers and restorers are using the innovative laser technology system to clean the surface of the ancient monuments, uncovering colours and ornamentation hidden for decades. Picture taken October 16, 2008. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE)

GM1DWQCACBAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. Cranes are seen at the foot of the Acropolis during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to a new location some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

GM1DWJGHRCAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. Officials inside the new Acropolis museum watch cranes around the Acropolis during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to the museum some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGHOGAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A crane lifts a blue container off the Acropolis during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to a new location some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGHJQAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. Officials inside the new Acropolis museum watch cranes around the Acropolis during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to the museum some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGHFHAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. Officials walk on the roof of the new Acropolis museum during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to the museum some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGGQTAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. Culture ministry employees roll a blue container into the new Acropolis museum during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to the museum some 400 meters (440 yards) away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGGATAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A crane lifts a blue container off the Acropolis during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to a new location some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGFRUAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. Officials inside the new Acropolis museum watch cranes around the Acropolis during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to the museum some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGFOIAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. Officials inside the new Acropolis museum watch cranes around the Acropolis during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to the museum some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGEXUAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A crane lifts a blue container off the Acropolis during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to a new location some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGEBGAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A culture ministry employee waits as a crane lowers a blue container atop the new Acropolis museum during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to a new location some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGDWVAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A culture ministry employee signals as a crane lowers a blue container off the Acropolis during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to a new location some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGCFNAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A crane lifts a blue container off the Acropolis during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to a new location some 400 meters (440 yards) away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGCAUAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. A crane lifts a blue container off the Acropolis during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to a new location some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE)

GM1DWJGBKRAA EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. Cranes are seen at the foothills of the Acropolis during a transfer operation of artefacts from the Acropolis to a new location some 400 meters away in Athens October 14, 2007. Greek officials on Sunday successfully moved the first of the ancient Acropolis' sculptural masterpieces from its hilltop home for the last 2,400 years to a new museum at the foot of the citadel. More than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artefacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE) See also GM1DWQCACBAA

GM1DWIRHPTAA A crane at the foothills of the Acropolis hill lowers a container during a test run for transferring artifacts from the Acropolis to a new location in Athens October 11, 2007. In an operation set to start Sunday, more than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artifacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by cranes to the new Acropolis museum. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE)

GM1DWIAPRYAA A marathon runner drinks from a pot as he stands below Leonidas statue at the finishing line of the Spartathlon race in Sparti, southwestern Greece September 29, 2007. The Spartathlon is a 246 km (153 mile) race from Athens to Sparta, which organisers say retraces the footsteps of the ancient Greek messenger Pheidippides, famous for running from Marathon to Athens to bring news of a victory against the Persians. Along the way runners face heatstroke, blood blisters, lost toenails and hallucinations from exhaustion. Their reward is a sip of water given by 'Spartan virgins', in the tradition of ancient Greek history. To match feature SPARTATHLON/ Picture taken September 29, 2007. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE)

GM1DWIAPRWAA Brazil's Valmir Nunes kisses the foot of Leonidas statue at the finishing line of the Spartathlon marathon race in Sparti, southwestern Greece September 29, 2007. The Spartathlon is a 246 km (153 mile) race from Athens to Sparta, which organisers say retraces the footsteps of the ancient Greek messenger Pheidippides, famous for running from Marathon to Athens to bring news of a victory against the Persians. Along the way runners face heatstroke, blood blisters, lost toenails and hallucinations from exhaustion. Their reward is a sip of water given by 'Spartan virgins', in the tradition of ancient Greek history. To match feature SPARTATHLON/ Picture taken September 29, 2007. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE)

GM1DWIAPRPAA Poland's Piotr Kurylo kisses the foot of Leonidas statue at the finishing line of the Spartathlon marathon race in Sparti, southwestern Greece September 29, 2007. The Spartathlon is a 246 km (153 mile) race from Athens to Sparta, which organisers say retraces the footsteps of the ancient Greek messenger Pheidippides, famous for running from Marathon to Athens to bring news of a victory against the Persians. Along the way runners face heatstroke, blood blisters, lost toenails and hallucinations from exhaustion. Their reward is a sip of water given by 'Spartan virgins', in the tradition of ancient Greek history. To match feature SPARTATHLON/ Picture taken September 29, 2007. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE)

GM1DVRMMWGAA The statue of a forepart of a horse, dated 500-490 B.C., hangs from a crane inside Acropolis museum in Athens July 12, 2007.The statue is among thousands of objects which will be transferred to the newly built Acropolis museum in September. The museum is expected to open in January 2008. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE)

GM1DVMEZXAAA The torso of a marble statue of Apollo, dating back to the first century A.D., is displayed at Greece's National Archaeological Museum in Athens June 14, 2007. The statue of Apollo Lykeios was returned to Greece from Switzerland on Wednesday, after a memorandum of cooperation between the two countries for the return of illegally exported or smuggled antiquities. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE)

GM1DVHLNDDAA A statue by artist Anna Chromy named "Sisyphus" is displayed outside Athens' archaeological museum May 17, 2007. From Botticelli to Picasso, artists have been inspired by the voluptuous goddesses and fantastic beasts of ancient Greek myths for centuries. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE)

GM1DVHLNCWAA A statue by artist Anna Chromy named "Ulysses" is displayed outside Athens' archaeological museum May 17, 2007. From Botticelli to Picasso, artists have been inspired by the voluptuous goddesses and fantastic beasts of ancient Greek myths for centuries. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE)

RP6DRMVCIJAC James Ede, chairman of Britain's association of dealers in ancient art, holds up an 11-cm ancient Greek statue of a male Kouros in Athens. James Ede, chairman of Britain's association of dealers in ancient art, holds up an 11-cm (4.3-inch) ancient Greek statue of a male Kouros, which he returned to a Greek museum, in Athens June 16, 2005. The statue is said to have been stolen from a museum on the Greek island of Samos during World War II and was returned to Greece's Culture Ministry after the current owner, Ede, discovered it had been stolen more than 60 years ago. REUTERS/John Kolesides

RP5DRICQTKAA The statue of Pheidippides, the man who ran from Marathon to Athens in 490 B.C to announce Greece' s victory against the Persians in one of the most famous battles of ancient times, is placed next to the Marathon route, some 20 kilometres from Athens July 26, 2004. The route was plagued by delays and required major renovation of the 42 kilkometre road to Athens. REUTERS/John Kolesidis JK/DBP

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RP2DRIJMAHAA Visitors walk inside a hall in the renovated Athens' National Archaeological museum April 11, 2001. The museum, which was damaged by an earthquake two years ago, and undergone extensive repairs is hosting an exhibition of ancient sculptures and statues as well as other artefacts from the 7th BC century to the period of the Persian wars in 480 BC. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLEYK/GB