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 ...
Chicago Tribune

How a group of ancient sculptures sparked a dispute between Greece and the UK

For decades, Britain and Greece were able to differ, largely politely, over the world’s toughest cultural heritage dispute: What’s the right place for some of the finest ancient Greek sculptures ever ...
Artnet

5 Surprising Facts About the Parthenon Marbles (Including the Existence of a Near-Perfect Replica in Nashville)

It’s hard not to be awestruck standing in front of the Parthenon marbles. The collection of sculptures adorned the famous archeological site, which was originally built as a temple to Athena in ...
Hyperallergic

Return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece is Up to British Museum, UK Official Says

Visitors admiring the Parthenon Frieze at the Acropolis Museum in Athens may notice plaster casts on view in place of the marble originals that once wrapped around the ancient Greek temple. Many of ...

Greece's iconic Parthenon is back: One of the world’s most famous temples just reclaimed a lost piece of history

Greece Parthenon restoration: Athens' iconic Parthenon has regained a significant piece of its history with the completion of ...
The Washington Post

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 ...
The Hill

Greece is buoyed by a Turkish official’s comments about Parthenon sculptures taken by Britain

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — One of the world’s most intractable cultural disputes is back in the spotlight after a Turkish official cast doubt on the existence of proof long cited by Britain that it had ...
Artnet

Demonstrators Descend on the British Museum to Make the Case for Athens as the Rightful—and Safer—Home for the Parthenon Marbles

Campaigners gathered at the British Museum in London on Saturday to renew calls for the institution to return its Parthenon Marbles to Greece. The ancient sculptures, which were removed from the ...
Washington Times

Diplomacy fails as Parthenon Sculptures spark a dispute between Greece and the U.K.

ATHENS, Greece — For decades, Britain and Greece were able to differ, largely politely, over the world’s toughest cultural heritage dispute: What’s the right place for some of the finest ancient Greek ...
Hyperallergic

The Parthenon Sculptures Should be Repatriated Immediately

In a recent opinion piece, Elizabeth Marlowe proposed that what she terms the “Elgin marbles” should not be returned to Greece — at least not yet. Note that I refer to them as the Parthenon sculptures ...
National Catholic Register

Pope Francis Gives Greek Orthodox Archbishop Fragments of Parthenon Sculptures From Vatican Museums

Pope Francis has decided to give the Greek Orthodox archbishop of Athens three fragments of Parthenon sculptures that have been kept in the Vatican Museums for centuries. The Vatican announced on Dec.