It so happens that Fischer had, a couple of years earlier, given an interview to Greek media defending the British Museum’s ownership of a collection of sculptures that Lord Elgin’s team of ...

The row could be raised by the Greek prime minister when he meets Sir Keir Starmer on Tuesday.

The Parthenon Sculptures, Rosetta Stone and Benin Bronzes are just some of the ‘contested objects’ in Bloomsbury ...

Museum of Birmingham Photograph by DEA/Album After spending several years in a temporary facility, the marbles were moved to the Elgin Room in the British Museum in 1832. As the exhibition had an ...

Greece has also been campaigning for its Parthenon sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, to be returned. The British Museum has long argued that it's in the best position to protect such ...

It's a trophy of empire." The Greeks also have their fair share of gripes with the British Museum, mainly revolving around the Elgin Marbles, sculptures from the original Parthenon in Athens.

The British Museum has loaned one of the Elgin Marbles to Russia – the first time part of the priceless collection has been moved out of Britain since it arrived from Greece. The loan comes amid ...

A centaur and a Lapith struggling in a scene from the Elgin marbles. Photo ... from various European countries—Germans, French, British—who all went to the northwestern deserts, the Taklimakan ...

PA Media The Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, are on display in the British Museum Mr Mitsotakis has, meanwhile, said his falling out with Mr Sunak will not have a long-term ...

A major new campaign to return the Elgin marbles to Greece is being launched ... which has been housed in the British Museum for the last 200 years, returned to Athens. The group wants to see ...

The Parthenon Marbles have not budged from the literal and figurative centre of the British Museum in London since they were purchased from Lord Elgin in 1816. The sculptures—about half of the ...