In early December 2024, newspaper reports suggested that the dispute surrounding the fate of the so-called Elgin Marbles may ...

By the time Elgin’s men arrived, the Parthenon had been occupied, desecrated and burned. Over the centuries, it was looted by conquering Roman generals, seized by Alaric the Goth and blown up by ...

In any case, Elgin had the 5th-century B.C. marbles torn down from the Parthenon and shipped to Britain, where he intended to display them privately in his home.

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.

As rumours about talks to repatriate the Elgin Marbles to Greece resurface, we get two experts to make the case for and against their return.

In 1816 a UK parliamentary inquiry found that Lord Elgin had acquired the marbles legally, he then sold them to the British Museum. But campaigners who want the sculptures to be returned to ...

The British Museum and Greece’s prime minister are getting closer to a deal on returning the so-called Elgin Marbles to Athens. But key differences remain. By Alex Marshall Alex Marshall, who is ...

Tony Blair responded enthusiastically to a proposal to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece in an attempt to boost support for London's bid to host the Olympic Games, according to newly released ...

The British Museum could be on the cusp of agreeing a historic deal to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Its chairman, ...

On May 22, 2025, the government of the United Kingdom signed the much-discussed treaty transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, which included a lease agreement for the ...

Work under way on the Elgin Marbles in 1949 Getty Images At the time, the Parthenon had fallen into a derelict state following the Ottoman Empire's occupation of the region in the 15th century.