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 ...

The signatories reportedly call for an immediate halt to any negotiations over the future of the Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles - Mike Kemp The British Museum could face legal ...

When Nicholas Cullinan was appointed director of the British Museum in the summer of 2024, he spoke of his hope to build a healthy long-term partnership with the Greek government over the future of ...

UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2015 (image courtesy the Global Justice Now Flickrstream) In a surprise announcement, UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn told Greek newspaper Ta Nea that he would ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece confirmed on Tuesday its readiness to loan treasures to the British Museum in return for being able to temporarily exhibit the Parthenon marbles but also said the proposal ...

As cultural treasures criss-cross borders in the name of diplomacy, a deeper debate looms: who really has the right to own the great relics of history? And are temporary loans a diplomatic fix, or a ...