Catharine Titi
Ancient Greece
‘To Divide Is to Destroy’: The Parthenon Marbles and the Integrity of Monuments
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As the Vatican Museums become the latest collection to return Parthenon marbles to Athens, the British Museum continues to give short shrift to Greece’s calls for repatriation.
By Catharine Titi
One of the most surprising claims the British Museum makes when...
Europe
With 2,000 Thefts, the British Museum Faces a Historic Crisis
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Since mid-August, the British Museum has been mired in a controversy over the theft of about 2,000 objects from its collections. The theft is suspected to be an inside job that took place over a period of twenty years....
Ancient Greece
Parthenon Marbles: A Loan to Greece is Not Repatriation
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In the last few weeks, we have been regularly reminded that secret talks have been taking place between the Greek government and the British Museum over the return of the Parthenon marbles to Greece.
By Catharine Titi
As soon the discussions...