Not surprisingly, the British Museum has so far refused all requests to give up one of its most popular exhibits. The Parthenon marbles have become the most visible, and notorious, collection of ...

In 1801, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, took the Parthenon Marbles (also known as the Elgin Marbles) from Athens to England. Fifteen years later, he sold them to the British Museum, where they ...

The British Museum has long argued that the marbles were acquired legally and should remain in the UK. Claims to the Parthenon Sculptures began when they were taken from Greece under order by Lord ...

The Elgin Marbles, originally part of Parthenon and Acropolis of Athens. On display in the British Museum in Duveen Gallery. East Pediment depicts the birth of Athena. (photo credit: EWY Media.

Ex-equalities boss Sir Trevor Phillips says artefacts like the Elgin Marbles or Benin Bronzes should not be returned ...

Not long after the multi-million best-selling novelist Victoria Hislop finished her latest book, The Figurine, the murky ...

A diplomatic spat over the hotly contested Parthenon Marbles was set to be addressed ... and half of it at the British Museum. Do you think your viewers would appreciate the beauty of the painting ...

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Among of the new trustees appointed to the British Museum is an academic expert opposed to the return of antiquities taken from their country of origin in colonial contexts, such as the museum’s most ...