The grand exhibition galleria of the National Archaeological Museum on Patission Street was an awe-inspiring monument to classical antiquity. Towering columns of Pentelic marble supported soaring vaulted ceilings adorned with neoclassical frescoes depicting the Olympian gods. Under the crystal chandeliers, the greatest gathering of European museum directors, classical archaeologists, and Mediterranean scholars in two decades had assembled. Curators from the British Museum in London, the Musée du Louvre in Paris,…
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