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.

A former adviser to the Greek government has told the BBC that a deal that could see the Parthenon Sculptures - also known as the Elgin Marbles - returned to Greece is "close." The Greek Prime ...

In early 19th-century London, the arrival of temple artworks taken from the Acropolis of Athens inspired both poetic raptures ...

Max Hollein, the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, said by phone that “the whole question of the Elgin Marbles is such a long and complex story” that any solution ...

In recent years the fate of the Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles, has been a bone of contention in ...

George Clooney has called for the Elgin Marbles to be handed over to Greece. The Oscar winner has said he will personally ...

The Elgin Marbles are in the UK in the National History Museum but there is a long-running dispute over where the ancient ...

The American actor is campaigning for the ownership of the Elgin Marbles to return to Greece. The Oscar winner, alongside his ...

The sculptures are not just very beautiful but ... The best-known scholar of the Elgin Marbles, William St Clair, discovered an Italian translation of the original agreement and it did indeed ...

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