British Museum, London Photograph by Josse/Scala ... who shared his client’s passion for Greek sculpture and architecture. In 1799 Lord Elgin’s diplomatic services were again required ...

Wilson questions whether the British Museum's Chairman, George Osborne, or Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos ... philosophers, statues, and the strongest political idea: democracy.

The proposal to create high-quality replicas could serve as a compromise, allowing the British Museum to retain a display ... of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece was reported at a recent ...

London’s British Museum is set to return a looted ancient Greek statue of the goddess Persephone to Libya which is estimated to be worth £1.5m. According to Al-Wasat newspaper, Mohammed al ...

The name "Memnon" resulted from confusion over Greek inscriptions on a similar statue that led 19th-century ... Records indicate the British Museum did not buy the Younger Memnon until 1821 ...

Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith ... should they be in London or in Athens? The Greek government insists they should be in Athens; the British Museum's Trustees believe that in London ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...