“Greece is willing to lend to the British Museum cultural treasures that have never left the country in exchange for the return of the Sculptures.” This is pointed out, among others, by the Greek ambassador to London, Ioannis Raptakis, in an article in the Daily Telegraph. Mr. Raptakis’s statements were made in the context of the public debate that has been open since November in Britain for the return of the Sculptures to Greece after the visit to London of the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his meeting with his British counterpart, Boris Thon .
The article refers to the possibilities provided by the new technology for the production of exact copies and the presentation of plans for the construction of an exact copy of the sculptures by the Institute of Digital Archeology (IDA). “Greece is willing to consider the idea of allowing the British Museum to make a high-quality marble copy, not only of the Sculptures it now has, but also of the Parthenon Sculptures in the Acropolis Museum in Athens,” said Mr Raptakis. in the Daily Telegraph.
The Oxford-based institute applies a pioneering technique known as 3D Machining. This technique, with the help of photogrammetry, initially creates a digital image. Then a robotic machine using the chisels in exactly the same way as a sculptor carves a copy of the original in millimeter detail. The institute could procure marble boulders identical to those used by the sculptor Pheidias and his craftsmen so that the final result would look even more like the original.
According to the publication, IDA intends to make a copy of the metope depicting the battle of a warrior and a Centaur. It costs about 24,000 euros and will take three to six months to complete. Two copies will be made. One with the damage caused since it was first crafted, from pollution, vandalism, etc. and the other as it was when it was built.
“The discussion about new technologies in order to create a copy of the high quality Sculptures is very useful”, Mr. Raptakis pointed out to the Daily Telegraph. Stressing at the same time that he adds an additional argument to the view that “the British government now has a unique opportunity to end an injustice that weighs on all Greek hearts and finally return the Parthenon Sculptures”.
As Mr. Raptakis pointed out to “APE-MPE”, the meeting with the columnist Simon Brussels who wrote this article took place at an event for the 200th anniversary of the death of the English lyric poet John Keats, in which the Greek ambassador had been invited to speak. There he seized the opportunity and, addressing a special audience, reiterated the Greek position for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, emphasizing, among other things, that “if Keats were alive today, he would certainly defend the Greek position with passion.”
Source: AMPE
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