Twenty-five years ago, in the preface to the 1997 edition of his book The Parthenon Marbles, Christopher Hitchens observed that “those who support the status quo at the British Museum have the great ...
The Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO has issued a formal call to intensify efforts for the reunification of the ...
As Western nations increasingly move to restitute looted cultural artifacts to their countries of origin, pressure is intensifying for London’s British Museum to return Greece’s famed Parthenon ...
The British Museum and the Acropolis Museum in Athens are closing in on an agreement that would see the Parthenon Marbles returned over time to Greece as part of a cultural exchange, ending a feud ...
At UNESCO, multiple countries back Greece over the Parthenon Sculptures, including Turkey who challenges the legality of ...
What should museums do with antiquities taken during colonial periods? It’s the question at the heart of a fracture between the Greek and British governments. For over 40 years, the Greek government ...
The longstanding debate over the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece resurfaced following a recent publication by the British magazine. The magazine claimed that an agreement had been reached ...
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s last-minute cancellation of a meeting with his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis in London has brought renewed attention to the centuries-old dispute over the ...
The British Museum said on Wednesday it was holding “constructive discussions” with Greece over the Parthenon Sculptures amid renewed speculation that the 2,500-year-old marbles could soon be returned ...
The head of the British Museum has said a reported deal with Greece to end a decades-long dispute over the highly contested and priceless Parthenon Marbles was "still some distance" away. George ...
Speaking to Neos Kosmos, Dr Mario Trabucco della Torretta said he was deemed "persona non grata" after museum officials ...
March 25 is the 200th anniversary of Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire, and, in the grand tradition of Greeks doing the right thing by way of doing the wrong thing, Greece should steal the ...