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 ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Frieze Frame’ Review: The Case of the Parthenon Marbles

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 and ...
Artnet

The British Museum Is Said to Be Reaching a Deal With Greece on the Parthenon Marbles. But the U.K. Warns It Can’t Break Up Its Collection

The UK government has today warned the British Museum in London that it is legally forbidden to break up its collection, according to the Agence France Presse. The news comes just days after it was ...
National Catholic Reporter

Vatican, Greece ink deal for 'donation' of Parthenon marbles

The marble head of a young man, a tiny fragment from the 2,500-year-old sculptured decoration of the Parthenon Temple on the ancient Acropolis, is displayed during a presentation to the press at the ...
The Hill

British Museum reportedly in talks on Parthenon Sculptures

LONDON (AP) — The British Museum has pledged not to dismantle its collection, following a report that the institution’s chairman has held secret talks with Greece’s prime minister over the return of ...
Phys.org

The Parthenon marbles evoke particularly fierce repatriation debates: An archaeologist explains why

The Parthenon marbles are rarely out of the news. Most recently, Turkish officials have rejected claims by the British Museum that British diplomat Lord Elgin was given permission from Ottoman ...
The New York Times

Amid Parthenon Dispute, Sunak Cancels Meeting With Greek Prime Minister

After Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the British Museum to return the Parthenon marbles, his British counterpart abruptly called off their meeting. By Alex Marshall Mark Landler and Niki Kitsantonis ...
Artnet

Austria Will Return Two Small Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Officials Hope the Move Will Encourage Britain to Follow Suit

A museum in Austria plans to send two pieces of the Parthenon Marbles back to Greece. In a news conference held yesterday, May 2, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg announced that the ...
Reuters

Greece welcomes home Parthenon marble from Italy

ATHENS (Reuters Life!) - Greece welcomed home a small fragment of the Parthenon marbles on Wednesday and expressed hope the gesture by the Italian government would prompt Britain to return its own ...
balkaninsight

Vatican Returns Three Fragments of Parthenon Marbles to Greece

Three fragments of the Parthenon marbles in the Vatican museums are returning to Greece under an initiative of Pope Francis, and will go on display in Athens on March 24. Photo: Sculpture of man’s ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Pope Francis Will Return Parthenon Sculptures to Greece

Pope Francis has decided to return three 2,500-year-old pieces of the Parthenon to Greece. Dating to the fifth century B.C.E., the sculpture fragments depict the head of a boy, a horse head and the ...