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police officers and other carnival costumes. Revelers were handed plastic cups filled with wine and portions of bean soup, as children danced to a mix of Greek folk music, Western chart hits and K-pop ...

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By Graham Bowley The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning to Greece the bronze head of a griffin, the mythological creature ... as votive gifts dedicated in Greek sanctuaries from the eighth ...