Faint traces of the painting survive today. In 1687, when Venetian forces that were part of a Holy League against the Ottoman Empire raided Athens, the Ottomans converted the Parthenon into an ...
Manolis Korres and his colleagues could have chosen to approximate the Parthenon's original state, adorning it with sculptures and friezes, and painting it in vivid colors. Instead, they decided ...
The Parthenon marbles have become the most visible ... 1817: The First Elgin RoomThis 1819 painting by Archibald Archer depicts the exhibition of the marbles in their first, temporary space ...
Three fragments of Athens's Parthenon temple ... 25 years after being displayed at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Andrew Wilson argues that more people will see the marbles if they remain in London than if they are transferred to Greece.
Greek authorities announced that scores of stolen artifacts including coins and vessels have surfaced by surprise in an ...
with the sculptures returned to Athens and reunited with other pieces currently on display at the Parthenon galleries of the Acropolis Museum – in exchange for blockbuster art works that will ...
Although Nashville's Parthenon was only meant to be temporary ... found in the original structure as well as an impressive art collection. Travelers praise the well-kept grounds, peaceful ...
A deal to return the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece is "still some distance" away, the chairman of the British Museum has said. George Osborne, the former Tory chancellor, was responding to ...
The Vatican has returned three fragments of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece in a move that has been described as a "gesture of friendship". The decision to return the 2,500-year-old marbles was ...
Sunak delivered the snub after Mitsotakis raised the subject of the sculptures, telling the BBC that having the frieze in London was like having the “Mona Lisa” painting “cut in half”.