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.

Roger Michel, who runs a team at the Institute for Digital Archaeology (IDA), says he can make a replica of the famed statues using a 3D printer so that the British Museum, which owns the original ...

Activity Summary Students use a viewing guide while watching a program about the reconstruction of the Parthenon and discuss answers to questions related to the monument after watching. Learning ...

The spokesperson added that the British Museum has used 3D scanning on collection objects in the past, and in 2013 and 2017 allowed a team from the Acropolis Museum in Athens to scan the Parthenon ...

The Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) stated Tuesday that it is planning to file an injunction against the British Museum to require the museum to allow a 3D-scanning project of the infamous ...

A German university returned a sculpture taken from the ancient Parthenon on Tuesday in a gesture Greece hopes sets a precedent for the return of the larger Elgin Marbles from the British Museum.