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British Museum, London Photograph by Josse/Scala ... in the port of Piraeus near Athens take the heaviest sculptures from the Parthenon pediments. Elgin had managed to keep the marbles from ...
Progress in the negotiations for the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece was reported at a recent conference organized by the Greek community at the London School of Economics ...
The objects, including what the museum describes as England's oldest known figurative art work, will head to Bradford for a ...
The British Museum has long argued that the marbles were acquired legally and should remain in the UK. Claims to the Parthenon Sculptures began when they were taken from Greece under order by Lord ...
For most people today, the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum provoke only one question: should they be in London or in Athens? The Greek government insists they should be in Athens ...
Housing more than 4,000 works of art, the New Acropolis Museum ... sculptural works that include 247 feet of the original Parthenon frieze. Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to Constantinople ...
It's arguably the best museum in all of London. What's more, it's free to visit. From the Rosetta Stone to the Parthenon Sculptures to Mesopotamian objects, the British Museum is a history buff's ...
The conference centered on efforts to return the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, to Athens. The British Museum's impending reconstruction is seen as an opportune moment for ...
The British Museum has long argued that the marbles were acquired legally and should remain in the UK. Claims to the Parthenon Sculptures began when they were taken from Greece under order by Lord ...
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