For the first time, the ancient marbles are traveling out of Europe to the United States and Canada, for a prolonged stint. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome. Stashed away in a cavernous ...

Expectation is growing that the trustees of the museum are about to agree to the Marbles’ return to Greece, where they can keep watch over the fortunes of the classical world from the vantage ...

By Jill Newman When Tarun Adlakha displays a dendritic agate, with its finely detailed markings that look like trees and leaves, most clients think it was painted by an artist. “They don’t ...

What could be handier than for the Marbles to be shipped off to Greece while their plinths are getting scrubbed? A Greek official involved in the negotiations told The Times, “We are working on ...

Credit: Dronepicr, CC2/Wikipedia Britain’s Attorney General Michael Ellis has suggested Britain could reclaim the Ionian Islands from Greece if Athens continues pushing for the return of the Parthenon ...

Greece maintains the ancient antiquities, also known as the Elgin Marbles, were illegally removed from Athens' acropolis, and has has long called for their return from the museum. Mr Osborne ...

The head of the British Museum has said a reported deal with Greece to end a decades-long dispute over the highly contested and priceless Parthenon Marbles was "still some distance" away.

Visitors view the Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles, at the British Museum in London on January 9, 2023. [Photo/Agencies] United Kingdom officials have indicated the cultural ...

Downing Street has said the future of the Elgin Marbles is a matter for the British Museum, as Sir Keir Starmer met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. But there was no mention of the ...

Greece’s government believes the United Kingdom will no longer block the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Athens, after a face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the two countries Tuesday. While ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left ...

The British and Greek premiers met in London on Tuesday where they discussed the issue of the so-called Elgin Marbles, which are displayed in the British Museum but have been the subject of ...