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Elgin’s Descendant Claims Parthenon Marbles Were a Gift
The Parthenon Marbles were not stolen but were given by an Ottoman Sultan to Lord Elgin, claims a descendant of the man who took...
British Historian Claims Elgin Marbles are Fakes
British historian Nigel Konstam has published a booklet arguing that many of the works stolen from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin in the 1800s...
Items Recovered from Wreck of Elgin’s Ship off Kythira
Chess pawns, combs and a toothbrush are some of the new findings brought to light by the underwater excavation of the wreck of the...
European Court of Human Rights Throws Out First Legal Bid to Return the Elgin Marbles to Greece [video]
It has been 200 years since Greece was robbed of its famous marble Parthenon sculptures, known around the world as the so-called “Elgin Marbles.”
Just...
EP Commemorates Bicentennial of Lord Elgin's Snatching of Parthenon Marbles
It's been 200 years since Lord Elgin forcefully removed the Parthenon Marbles from the Acropolis. Greek MEP Manolis Kefalogiannis and MEP Thodoros Zagorakis of...
MPs Introduce Bill to Return Elgin Marbles to Greece [video]
After 200 years of Greece being robbed of its famous marble Parthenon sculptures, known around the world as the so-called "Elgin Marbles," it looks as...
Tourists Can Vote on Elgin Marbles' Debate at Athens Int'l Airport
The Greek government has installed four new polling systems at Athens International Airport, asking Greek and foreign passengers to vote on the Parthenon Marbles’...
YouTube Hosts Excerpts From Film "Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value"
Excerpts from the 1986 film “Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value” starring Hugh Grant and narrating how Lord Elgin took the Parthenon...
‘The Elgin Marbles Don’t Belong to Us,’ Says British Writer
“For years I have argued against holidays and giving back the Elgin Marbles. I was wrong about both,” said the British award-winning writer and...
Great Britain Challenges Greece on Elgin Marbles
The director of London’s National Gallery, Nicholas Penny, is challenging Greece once more on the issue of the Parthenon’s Marbles, suggesting that Greece and...