Greece on Friday blasted the British Museum’s unprecedented loan of one of the Elgin Marbles — Greek sculptures also known as the Parthenon Marbles that Athens wants returned to Greece — to a Russian ...

In 1801 a British nobleman stripped the Parthenon of many of its sculptures and took them to England. Controversy over their ...

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 ...

Greece Parthenon restoration: Athens' iconic Parthenon has regained a significant piece of its history with the completion of its western pediment restoration. New marble blocks have been meticulously ...

An academic has been barred from a leading Greek museum for backing Britain in the Elgin Marbles debate. Dr Mario Trabucco della Torretta, an archaeologist, was scheduled to make an after-dinner ...

I am a classical archaeologist who has devoted many years to studying Greece and ancient Greek culture. I also lived in Athens for four years, enjoying the warmth of both its weather and its people.