The Elgin Marbles could soon return to Greece - more than 200 years after they were shipped out of the country to Britain. Greece has made repeated requests for the sculptures to be returned after ...

The Parthenon, built during the ancient Greek era, was decorated with sculptures called the Elgin Marbles from the 440s to the 430s. However, in the early 19th century, the Elgin Marbles were carved ...

The Parthenon Sculptures (AKA Elgin Marbles) were removed from the Acropolis in Greece between 1801 and 1805 at the instruction of the 7th Earl of Elgin. Although this was a different era, it wasn’t ...

Former prime minister Liz Truss, historian Dr David Starkey and Sir John Redwood are among 34 signatories to a letter alleging the British Museum is part of a "covert" and "accelerating campaign" to ...

As rumours about talks to repatriate the Elgin Marbles to Greece resurface, we get two experts to make the case for and against their return in today’s City AM Debate The Parthenon Sculptures (AKA ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former prime minister Liz Truss, historian Dr David Starkey and Sir John Redwood are among 34 signatories to a letter alleging the ...

With the 200th anniversary this week of the July 11, 1816 purchase through an Act of Parliament of the Parthenon Marbles for the British Museum, members of parliament (MPs) are introducing a bill that ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece distanced itself on Wednesday from suggestions that it planned to drag a centuries-old dispute over the return of the Parthenon marbles into Brexit negotiations. Government ...

Greece is prepared to organise rotating exhibitions of “important antiquities” to “fill the void”, should the Elgin Marbles be returned, according to the country’s culture minister. Lina Mendoni gave ...

– What are the Elgin Marbles? Also known as the Parthenon Marbles, the sculptures are remnants of a 160m-long carved stone frieze that ran around the outer walls of the Parthenon Temple on the ...

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