LONDON — A planned meeting between the British and Greek prime ministers this week was a casualty of one of the world’s longest-running disputes: what to do with the 2,500-year-old Parthenon ...

LONDON — Over the years, many have tried to persuade the British Museum to return the Elgin marbles to Greece. But Roger Michel has something the others didn’t: A life-size head of a horse ...

In 1801, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, took the Parthenon Marbles (also known as the Elgin Marbles) from Athens to England. Fifteen years later, he sold them to the British Museum, where they ...

As rumours about talks to repatriate the Elgin Marbles to Greece resurface, we get two experts to make the case for and against their return.

The British Museum and Greece’s prime minister are getting closer to a deal on returning the so-called Elgin Marbles to Athens. But key differences remain. By Alex Marshall Alex Marshall, who is ...

From Elgin Marbles to Moai heads: What artefacts have the British Museum been urged to return? The Parthenon Sculptures, Rosetta Stone and Benin Bronzes are just some of the ‘contested objects ...

The museum is celebrating its 250th anniversary, and the statue will be on loan through mid-January. The loan marks the first time any of the Elgin Marbles, which date to the fifth century B.C.E ...

The Elgin Marbles were were taken from the Parthenon in Athens by the then British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Lord Elgin, between 1801 and 1805, and are now on display at the British Museum ...

LONDON — The Elgin Marbles will remain in the British Museum in London despite attempts by Greece to have the famous Parthenon sculptures returned, the museum’s director said today. Robert ...

The Elgin Marbles were legally acquired by the British Museum through an Act of Parliament in 1816, after the British government purchased them from Lord Elgin, the British Ambassador to the ...