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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-10-11
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[01] 'Kingdom of Alexander the Great' exhibition at the Louvre
[01] 'Kingdom of Alexander the Great' exhibition at the Louvre
AMNA/The history of ancient Macedonia from the Mycenaean era in the Bronze
Age up until late antiquity will be on display in the exhibition entitled
"Ancient Macedonia: In the Kingdom of Alexander the Great" to be hosted
at the Louvre Museum from Oct. 13, 2011 until Jan. 16, 2012.
The exhibition will include more than 600 artifacts and is the product
of cooperation between Greek and French experts. Its main purpose is
to introduce the archaeological wealth of northern Greece to the French
and international visitors of one of the greatest museums in the world.
The artifacts to be exhibited are findings of archaeological excavations
in the province of Macedonia in northern Greece over the past 30 years.
The exhibits will include artifacts that will be loaned by the Greek
ministry of culture as well as Macedonian antiquities that belong to
Louvre collections since the 19th century. In return, the Louvre will
loan to the northern city of Thessaloniki a number of extraordinary
masterpieces that belong to its collections, to be exhibited in the
city's five museums in 2012.
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