The Marbles, which once formed part of the exterior decorations of the vast Parthenon temple, are now equally divided between Athens and London, with a handful of strays elsewhere.

The Parthenon marbles were removed from the Acropolis in Athens by Lord Elgin between 1801 and 1805. He then shipped them to Britain to join the collections of the British Museum in 1816.

For those of us who derive a humanist and democratic ethos from classical Athens, the temple matters greatly. In this sense, the marbles aren’t simply Greek, but belong to all of humanity.

Though that agreement did not include an explicit reference to the Parthenon Marbles, it concluded with the return to Greece of a 7th-century bronze head of a griffin from the Met.

Limited by legislation, the best the British Museum chairman George Osborne can offer the Greek government is a three-year loan. This will not be countenanced by Greek leaders who claim that the ...

The lost, colorful beauty of an iconic set of ancient Greek sculptures has been revealed by a scientific study. The latest research into the Parthenon Sculptures sheds new light on the original ...

The debate surrounding the rightful place of the Parthenon Marbles, which were removed from the Acropolis, the site of the ancient complex of temples that overlooks Athens, by agents of Lord Elgin ...

The Vatican returned a small fragment of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece on Wednesday on a one-year loan, fuelling calls for the British Museum to hand back its own priceless sculptures from the ...

Greece's prime minister cut a U.K. visit short after an apparent snub by his U.K. counterpart over the Elgin Marbles — sculptures taken from the Parthenon, now housed at the British Museum.