British diplomat Lord Elgin was the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, which then ruled Greece, in the early 19th century. He oversaw removal and shipping to the UK of the marbles in 170 crates and ...
Returning the Elgin Marbles to Greece is not on the agenda for Sir Keir Starmer as he meets his Greek counterpart, Downing Street has said. The Prime Minister will welcome Kyriakos Mitsotakis to ...
Standing alone in the corner of the British Museum in London is the caryatid – a statue of a female figure separated from five sisters for over 200 years. She is a long way from home, having been ...
Returning the Elgin Marbles to Greece is not on the agenda for Sir Keir Starmer as he meets his Greek counterpart, Downing Street has said. The Prime Minister will welcome Kyriakos Mitsotakis to No 10 ...
The government has no plans to change the law that would permit a permanent move of the Elgin Marbles.” A British Museum spokesperson said discussions with Greece about a Parthenon Partnership ...
Sir Keir Starmer would not stand in the way of a deal which could see the Elgin Marbles returned to Greece, Downing Street has indicated. No 10 said the Parthenon sculptures’ future is ...
Mr Mitsotakis had compared splitting the Elgin Marbles from those still in Athens to cutting the Mona Lisa in half. Greece has long maintained that the Elgin Marbles were illegally removed from ...
If the Marbles go to Greece, they won’t be coming back Can ... the smallest expectation that they’ll be getting the actual Elgin Marbles back for their nicely renovated Duveen Gallery.
A deal which could see the Elgin Marbles returned to Greece is “still some distance” away, George Osborne has signalled. The former Tory chancellor, now chairman of the British Museum ...
If the Marbles go to Greece, they won’t be coming back Can ... the smallest expectation that they’ll be getting the actual Elgin Marbles back for their nicely renovated Duveen Gallery.