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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hyperallergic

Protesters Urge British Museum to Return the Parthenon Marbles

LONDON — Around 60 protesters gathered at the British Museum on Saturday, June 18 in the latest call for the Parthenon Marbles in London to be returned to Greece. The protest marked the 13th ...
Yahoo

British Museum reportedly in talks on Parthenon Sculptures

FILE - Women stand by a marble statue of a naked youth thought to represent Greek god Dionysos, center, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, on display during a media photo opportunity to promote ...
CNN

British Museum says it’s in ‘constructive’ discussions over Parthenon marbles

The British Museum said on Wednesday it was holding “constructive discussions” with Greece over the Parthenon Sculptures amid renewed speculation that the 2,500-year-old marbles could soon be returned ...
The Art Newspaper

Parthenon Marbles deal still on the table despite British Museum theft scandal

A possible deal to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece has not been jeopardised by the theft controversy engulfing the British Museum, according to the Financial Times, which reports that the ...

After 200 years in ruin: Greece unveils complete restoration of Parthenon's western pediment

The external scaffolding hiding the Parthenon’s western face was removed in early June following the completion of the ...
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 ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Report: British Museum, Greece agreed on Parthenon loan - museum denies any such deal

The longstanding debate over the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece resurfaced following a recent publication by the British magazine. The magazine claimed that an agreement had been reached ...
Forbes

What Did He Just Say? Decoding The British Museum’s Offer Of An ‘Active Parthenon Partnership’ With Greece

It’s the most famous and unfortunately one of the largest art appropriations of Britain’s 19th-century Empire-building era, the 1801-12 cutting and removal of long yards of architectural frieze-work ...