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Report: British Museum, Greece agreed on Parthenon loan - museum denies any such deal

The longstanding debate over the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece resurfaced following a recent publication by the British magazine. The magazine claimed that an agreement had been reached ...
Hyperallergic

Protesters Urge British Museum to Return the Parthenon Marbles

LONDON — Around 60 protesters gathered at the British Museum on Saturday, June 18 in the latest call for the Parthenon Marbles in London to be returned to Greece. The protest marked the 13th ...
Artnet

The British Museum Is Said to Be Reaching a Deal With Greece on the Parthenon Marbles. But the U.K. Warns It Can’t Break Up Its Collection

The UK government has today warned the British Museum in London that it is legally forbidden to break up its collection, according to the Agence France Presse. The news comes just days after it was ...

Greece calls for return of Parthenon statues from British Museum at UNESCO, backed by 20 countries

Greece and Turkey argue that Lord Elgin had no firman permissing him to remove the artifacts, while the UK claims Elgin had ...
Fox News

British Museum faces pressure to return Parthenon artifacts to Greece

Greece on Friday welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in ...
Yahoo

British Museum reportedly in talks on Parthenon Sculptures

FILE - Women stand by a marble statue of a naked youth thought to represent Greek god Dionysos, center, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, on display during a media photo opportunity to promote ...
CNN

British Museum says it’s in ‘constructive’ discussions over Parthenon marbles

The British Museum said on Wednesday it was holding “constructive discussions” with Greece over the Parthenon Sculptures amid renewed speculation that the 2,500-year-old marbles could soon be returned ...
Artnet

5 Surprising Facts About the Parthenon Marbles (Including the Existence of a Near-Perfect Replica in Nashville)

It’s hard not to be awestruck standing in front of the Parthenon marbles. The collection of sculptures adorned the famous archeological site, which was originally built as a temple to Athena in ...
KSAT

Museum: London, Athens could share Parthenon Marbles in deal

FILE - Women stand by a marble statue of a naked youth thought to represent Greek god Dionysos, center, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, on display during a media photo opportunity to promote ...
Opinion
Neos KosmosOpinion

Parthenon Sculptures belong in Athens, not the British Museum

A renewed call for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures argues their continued retention by Britain is no longer morally or culturally defensible in the modern world ...
NPR

Nashville's Parthenon Museum considers repatriating pre-Columbian artifacts to Mexico

NPR’s Scott Detrow talks to assistant curator at Nashville’s Parthenon Museum about her idea to repatriate hundreds of pre-Columbian artifacts back to Mexico. It was Bonnie Seymour's first day on the ...