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Chilean family's 'Parthenon' souvenir turns out older than the Parthenon

A carved marble fragment kept on a dining-room shelf in Chile for decades, long believed to be from the Parthenon, most likely came from the Hekatompedon, an Acropolis temple built around 570 BCE. Italian submarine engineer Gaetano Tosti-Croce picked it up in Athens in 1930; after being a WWII prisoner in India, he moved to Chile with his family.

Chilean family's 'Parthenon' souvenir turns out older than the Parthenon

This summary is based on reporting by Times of India.

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