Greece has long maintained that the ElginMarbles were illegally removed from their place high atop Athens’ acropolis during a period of foreign occupation. The Government and the British ...
The BritishMuseum has loaned one of the ElginMarbles to Russia – the first time part of the priceless collection has been moved out of Britain since it arrived from Greece. The loan comes ...
Museum of Birmingham Photograph by DEA/Album After spending several years in a temporary facility, the marbles were moved to the Elgin Room in the BritishMuseum in 1832. As the exhibition ...
and hoped the BritishMuseum would find a "reasonable way out" of a predicament which was not its fault. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis likens having some ElginMarbles in the UK to ...
It so happens that Fischer had, a couple of years earlier, given an interview to Greek media defending the BritishMuseum’s ownership of a collection of sculptures that Lord Elgin’s team of ...
ElginMarbles 'belong in the BritishMuseum', says Tory frontbencher Mel Stride, the shadow chancellor, has said he doesn't believe the ElginMarbles should be returned to Greece, claiming ...
The ElginMarbles are more than 30 ancient stone sculptures from Greece held in the BritishMuseum, dating back more than 2,000 years. They were transported to Britain in the early 1800s by ...