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A new campaign backed by Dr David Starkey and a former Prime Minister is demanding assurance that they won't leave Britain.
A letter, exclusively obtained by Sky News, suggests legal action could be taken to prevent the UK government and British ...
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A letter calls on the UK government and the British Museum to stop future talks for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to ...
On a state visit, France's president announced the loan of the tapestry embroidered with scenes of the 1066 Norman invasion.
Exclusive: Speculation that the closure is related to French president Emmanuel Macron’s state visit as 18,000 visitors face ...
A replica of the Horse of Selene, one of the Elgin marbles currently at the British Museum, nears completion at the Robotor workshop in Carrara, Italy. (Maria Giulia Trombini for The Washington Post) ...
Mary Nisbet, the Countess of Elgin, helped fund the taking of the Parthenon sculptures. Her divorce from Lord Elgin may have contributed to his need to sell them.
The British Museum and Greece’s prime minister are getting closer to a deal on returning the so-called Elgin Marbles to Athens. But key differences remain.
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.
These are just some of the ways in which the removal of the Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles, from Athens to the British museum in the early 19th century has been described.
On May 22, 2025, the government of the United Kingdom signed the much-discussed treaty transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, which included a lease agreement for the ...