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 ...

11:55, Tue, Jul 21, 2026 Updated: 11:59, Tue, Jul 21, 2026 Greece's decades-long campaign to secure the return of the iconic Elgin Marbles could face a dramatic new political reality following Andy ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece displayed two ancient, looted artefacts on Thursday that had been returned from the J.P Getty Museum and said the recovery of its most famous antiquities -- the Elgin Marbles ...

Do the Elgin Marbles belong in the British Museum, where they have been safely housed for more than 200 years – or are they stolen goods? Monocle's expert panel discusses art repatriation. In October, ...

Two Hundred Years of Controversy,” Thursday, April 12, at 6 p.m. at the Museum of the Rockies Hager Auditorium. Hosted by ...

Do the Elgin Marbles belong in the British Museum, where they have been safely housed for more than 200 years – or are they stolen goods? Monocle's expert panel discusses art repatriation.

I am a classical archaeologist who has devoted many years to studying Greece and ancient Greek culture. I also lived in Athens for four years, enjoying the warmth of both its weather and its people.

The collection of 2,500-year-old ancient Greek artefacts have been in the UK since the 1800s (Image: Getty) Now, with a Prime Minister in No 10 who has spent years publicly backing their handover, one ...