Thomas Bruce, widely known as Lord Elgin, was the ambassador of England in Constantinople who stole the ancient sculptures ...

“Removing Stonehenge from Salisbury”. 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 ...

Rishi Sunak has just triggered a diplomatic row after Greece asked – once again – for the UK to return its ancient artefacts. This particular spat is over the Elgin Marbles, also known as the ...

Justin Jacobs, author and expert in modern Chinese history, discusses loot, antiquity, and imperialism in his new book.

It was all Greek to us at the time but it obviously worked for him and he cleaned up all the marbles in Elgin Street. Anyhow, Carlton had a shocking start to the 1956 season until we came up against ...

Stories in StoneDefenders of Lord Elgin argue that the removal of the marbles ensured their preservation. His critics point out that British attitudes to conservation were not always historically ...

A major new campaign to return the Elgin marbles to Greece is being launched in London. Various groups which have been urging Britain to hand back the disputed relics have come together under the ...

In the past few years, restitution has become a regular event. Many items have gone back to Mediterranean countries from ...

There is widespread bafflement among Conservatives about the prime minister's decision to pick a public fight with Greece over the Elgin Marbles, the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason reports.

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It so happens that Fischer had, a couple of years earlier, given an interview to Greek media defending the British Museum’s ownership of a collection of sculptures that Lord Elgin’s team of ...

The Parthenon Marbles may return to Greece in 2025 but only as a loan, according to The Economist's World Ahead 2025 report.