The Parthenon was far more than a temple. It was Athens’ ultimate power move, which combined religion, politics, and economic ...

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First, although some of the bronzes were part of a unified work depicting the history and mythology of the kingdom (which was ...

For his part, Mitsotakis has asked the British Museum to return all of the frieze in its collection, some 250 feet of carved stone that once wrapped around the Parthenon, the person with knowledge ...

The sculptures, known as the Elgin Marbles in Britain, include part of a frieze, relief panels and other figures that were removed from the Parthenon in the early 19th century by Thomas Bruce, the ...

Just as the English think of Shakespeare as their very own, despite his universal appeal, the Greeks think the Parthenon sculptures are part of Greek culture and that despite their universal ...

Greece's prime minister cut a U.K. visit short after an apparent snub by his U.K. counterpart over the Elgin Marbles — sculptures taken from the Parthenon, now housed at the British Museum.

A photo taken on Sept. 7, 2023 shows a metope that forms part of the Parthenon Marbles, a collection of stone objects, inscriptions and sculptures also known as the Elgin Marbles, in the British ...

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The fun part is done. We’ve had our adventure, and now, if all goes as planned, my husband and I will be home by the time you read this. For now, I’m sitting in Athens, Greece, marveling that ...

Christopher Hitchens, among the most eloquent and forceful advocates of rejoining the Parthenon marbles, helped tilt me toward the cause of repatriation.With great timing, Verso Books has just ...