The Parthenon Sculptures are back at the forefront of Greek cultural diplomacy — this time with a figure who knows both the international and ...

Ever since the early 19th century, when Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin, sawed off and crowbarred many of the carvings that ringed the top of the Parthenon and sold them to the British Museum to ...

From this week, visitors to the Acropolis of Athens can savor the site’s looming Parthenon in a manner previously unseen for centuries. On June 15, the Greek Ministry of Culture’s Acropolis ...

Greece “cannot accept any arrangement that would require it to recognize the British Museum’s ownership of the [Parthenon] sculptures, or a scheme that would mean we ‘borrow’ parts of our own monument ...

Temples are hallowed ground, sheltering a community’s most coveted religious or cultural artifacts. Ancient Greece cultivated its Athenian Acropolis — the hilltop complex that includes the ancient ...

The United Kingdom and Greece have agreed to formal talks regarding the return of the Parthenon marbles, UNESCO announced yesterday, May 17. The contested works have been in London's British Museum ...

Athens, Greece – A trustee of the British Museum has confirmed the institution is in talks with the Greek government about the disposition of the Parthenon Marbles, but has told Al Jazeera that a deal ...

It’s hard not to be awestruck standing in front of the Parthenon marbles. The collection of sculptures adorned the famous archeological site, which was originally built as a temple to Athena in ...

Greece's prime minister cut a U.K. visit short after an apparent snub by his U.K. counterpart over the Elgin Marbles — sculptures taken from the Parthenon, now housed at the British Museum. Greece's ...

When it comes to the repatriation of art and artifacts to their home countries, one ethical dilemma rules them all: the Greek Parthenon sculptures housed at London’s British Museum. What is the ...