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 ...

The dispute over the historical artefacts was an entirely avoidable row that has embarrassed Tory MPsA diplomatic row has ...

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

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 ...

A 1,700-piece private collection of Chinese ceramics with an estimated value of 1 billion euro ($1.27 billion) has been ...