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The new Greek government is considering a different strategy for claiming the Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum and will likely stop cooperating with Amal Alamuddin-Clooney and her law firm. The new Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs Aristides Baltas...

The British Museum will be hosting an exhibition entitled "Defining beauty: the body in ancient Greek art" from March 26 to July 5, 2015. This major exhibition will focus on the human body and the way it was portrayed...

A shocking news story emerged from the Turkish press, as according to the country's major newspaper, Hurriyet, the ancient Greek city of Bargylia, dating back to the 5th century BC, located in Asia Minor near Gulluk Bay on the...

The British Museum's decision in December to loan a piece of the infamous Parthenon Marbles to Russia's major museum, Hermitage, in St. Petersburg, has fueled Greece's anger regarding the British stance on the issue of their return, with Greek...

The British Museum is discussing to loan more Parthenon sculptures to foreign museums, after loaning the statue of god Ilissos to Russia's State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. British Museum director Neil MacGregor told "The Telegraph" that several museums from across the...

The decision of the British Museum to "lend" a sculpture of the Parthenon Marbles to an exhibition held in St. Petersburg is a challenge for Greeks, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Friday in a statement. The last British doctrine...

A part of the Parthenon Marbles exhibited at the British Museum will travel for the first time ever, but not to its place of origin. The marble sculpture will be loaned to Russia's State Hermitage Museum from this Saturday...

London's British Museum Director Neil MacGregor issued a provocative statement to British media today, reiterating that there is absolutely no intention from the British side to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. He repeated that "the museum's long-held position is...

Greece found another ally on its rally to bring the Parthenon Marbles back home, in the face of Guardian correspondent in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, Helena Smith. In an impassioned article on Sunday's Observer, entitled "As a Briton, I hang my...

Tourists gathered outside the Acropolis Museum today to give a warm welcome to Amal Alamuddin-Clooney, the human rights lawyer who arrived to Greece on Monday to help the Greek Government establish the proper legal framework to re-claim the Parthenon...