British Museum

British historian Nigel Konstam has published a booklet arguing that many of the works stolen from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin in the 1800s are in fact Roman reproductions of the Greek originals. His theory is based on the recent...

Greek Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou has formally requested the resumption of talks for the return of the Parthenon Marbles by the British Museum. According to a ministry statement on Monday, Koniordou made the request through a letter to her British...

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made an appeal for the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece during a meeting on Tuesday with his U.K. counterpart Theresa May in Downing Street. Speaking to reporters, Tsipras said he raised the issue...

An exhibition of Auguste Rodin sculptures at the British Museum might bring back in the news the ongoing issue of the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles. Some of the French sculptor's major works will be displayed beside the Parthenon Sculptures,...

The return of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum so they might be displayed in their original location "would be the best choice," the director of the Palace Museum in Beijing's Forbidden City, Dr. Shan Jixiang, said in...

Two Greek students decided to show their Greek heritage by photographing themselves with Greek flags in front of artifacts from Greek antiquity at the British Museum in London and the Louvre Museum in Paris. The students, Alexandros Kazakos and...

The British Museum will be displaying over 200 artifacts excavated off the coast of Egypt near Alexandria from 1996 to 2012. The exhibit titled Sunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds will be on display from May 19 through November 27. The two...

Eddie O'Hara, former Merseyside MP and British university lecturer, died at the age of 78 on May 28 after suffering from chronic respiratory problems. He will be remembered for his commitment to the British campaign championing the return of...

The United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution in favor of the return of the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum to Athens, a little after Minister of Culture Aristides Baltas stated that Greece will withdraw from the legal claim...

A UK judge ruled that a 1.5-million-GBP ancient Greek statue was illegally transferred from a world heritage site in Libya to the United Kingdom. The case revolves around a four-foot statue that was looted from the Libyan archaeological site...