The following essay has been adapted from the new book The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage, Law, Politics (Hart / Bloomsbury, 2023) by Alexander Herman, director of the Institute of Art and Law. I ...
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 ...
Why Britain should want to return the Parthenon Marbles, argued by a professor of Aegean archaeology
What should museums do with antiquities taken during colonial periods? It’s the question at the heart of a fracture between the Greek and British governments. For over 40 years, the Greek government ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ever since the early 19th century, when Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin, sawed off and crowbarred many of the carvings that ringed the top of the Parthenon and sold them to the British Museum to ...
Two of my major obsessions—punctuation and Greek—came together recently, when President Xi Jinping, of China, voiced his support for the return to Greece of the Parthenon Marbles (also known as the ...
Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Documentary maker David Wilkinson started The Marbles on a specific date, he tell us early in the film. It was March 25 2021 ...
This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. During the 1700s, a European Grand Tour was a rite of passage for the sons of wealthy families. Lasting for up ...
Sculptures which form part of the "Elgin Marbles", taken from the Parthenon in Athens, Greece almost two hundred years ago by the British aristocrat, the Earl of Elgin, are on display January 21, 2002 ...
The Parthenon Marbles in London are likely the world’s most famous disputed museum items. Yet the British government says the sculptures’ fate isn’t its concern. By Alex Marshall LONDON — In 1984, ...
Few Greek myths have as many twists as the story of the Parthenon Marbles, prised out of the Acropolis in Athens by an ...
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