Secret discussions have taken place between George Osborne, the chair of the British Museum, and Greece's prime minister ...
Labour could exploit a legislative loophole that would allow the Elgin Marbles to be returned to Greece. The British Museum and other major institutions are barred by law from giving away the ...
An agreement to return the Parthenon Sculptures - better known in the UK as the Elgin Marbles - is at "an advanced ... with the Greek prime minister. Greece has called for the return of the ...
Since the 15th century, Greece had been ruled by the Ottoman ... any man to touch them with a chisel.” From 1807, Elgin exhibited the marbles that had arrived in Britain in a house that he ...
has said he doesn't believe the Elgin Marbles should be returned to Greece, claiming they "belong in the British Museum". The statues came from friezes on the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple and ...
A former adviser to the Greek government has told the BBC that a deal that could see the Parthenon Sculptures - also known as the Elgin Marbles - returned to Greece is "close." The Greek Prime ...
KOYO KOUOH LANDS VENICE BIENNALE TOP JOB. Koyo Kouoh, the 57-year-old Cameroonian Swiss museum director, has been appointed ...
The story of the Elgin Marbles' removal begins in the early 19th century with Thomas Bruce, the seventh Earl of Elgin, ...