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From Elgin Marbles to Moai heads: What artefacts have the British Museum been urged to return?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Parthenon Sculptures, or Elgin Marbles, pictured at the British Museum (AFP via Getty Images) The diplomatic disagreement ...

How the Parthenon Lost Its Marbles

In 1801 a British nobleman stripped the Parthenon of many of its sculptures and took them to England. Controversy over their ...
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Will the British Museum Return Parthenon Marbles to Greece?

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 1801, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, took the Parthenon Marbles (also known as the Elgin Marbles) ...
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British Museum Head Says 'Deal To Be Done' On Elgin Marbles

The chairman of the British Museum believes a deal is possible to share the Parthenon Marbles with Greece, which has long sought their return. The 2,500-year-old friezes taken from Athens in the 19th ...
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Protesters Urge British Museum to Return the Parthenon Marbles

LONDON — Around 60 protesters gathered at the British Museum on Saturday, June 18 in the latest call for the Parthenon Marbles in London to be returned to Greece. The protest marked the 13th ...
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Why the U.K.-Greece Dispute Over the Elgin Marbles Is Heating Up

Visitors view the Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles, at the British Museum in London on Jan. 9, 2023. The ancient sculptures were taken from the Parthenon temple at the Acropolis in ...
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British MPs Propose Bill to Return the Elgin Marbles to Greece

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 ...
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Elgin Marbles

Experts said the fragment, recovered by divers from the Greek culture ministry, matched the style and dimensions of the Parthenon, but that it was too soon to be certain of its provenance. By Isabella ...
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British Museum says it’s in ‘constructive’ discussions over Parthenon marbles

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 ...
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The other Elgin behind the ‘stolen’ marbles in the British Museum

LONDON — A planned meeting between the British and Greek prime ministers this week was a casualty of one of the world’s longest-running disputes: what to do with the 2,500-year-old Parthenon ...
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From Elgin Marbles to Moai heads: What artefacts have the British Museum been urged to return?

The diplomatic disagreement between Britain and Greece over the ownership of the Elgin Marbles has been brought into the spotlight once again as Sir Keir Starmer welcomes Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis ...
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Elgin Marbles

Restorers have fixed a gap on the western side of the temple in Athens that had been empty for more than 220 years. By Claire Moses Experts said the fragment, recovered by divers from the Greek ...