Roger Michel, director of the Institute for Digital Archaeology, in front of the real Elgin Marbles in the British Museum - Jeff Gilbert Few Greek myths have as many twists as the story of the ...

It's not polite to call the Elgin Marbles the Elgin Marbles anymore. Not even in the British Museum, where the ancient Greek sculptures and reliefs have resided since the early 19th century, after a ...

ATHENS, Greece – Greece has finally taken possession of a chunk of the Elgin Marbles, and now holds renewed hopes of regaining the rest. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Tuesday presented Greek ...

The Greek government is not giving up in its quest to reclaim the Elgin marbles from the British Museum, where they have resided for almost two centuries. Greece hopes that forging new strategic ...

London — The U.K. government has cancelled a meeting between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Greek counterpart amid a diplomatic row over which of the two nations should hold a collection of ...

As the European Union and Britain prepare for the next round of intense negotiations, it appears that the restitution of cultural objects will be one of many contentious issues. After a draft EU ...

A reclining Dionysos, from the Parthenon’s east pediment (c. 447–433 BCE) (photo via Wikimedia) In 2013, UNESCO asked the British Museum to let it mediate a deal between it and the government of ...

Keir Starmer was accused of preparing to 'cave in' to demands for the return of the Elgin Marbles today. The PM hosted Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis in No10 amid signs that the centuries-old ...

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 ...