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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Greece has claimed progress has been made in negotiations to return the Elgin Marbles to Athens ahead of a crunch meeting its Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Sir Keir Starmer at Downing Street.
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 ...
On Tuesday Greece’s prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was in London and while the the return of the Elgin marbles, also known as the Parthenon sculptures, was not officially on the agenda in ...
The Greeks do not have a moral right to the Elgin Marbles and if we 'loan' them, they will never come back What are the Elgin Marbles and could they be returned to Greece?
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.