Detail from the western frieze of the Parthenon. British Museum, London Photograph by Josse/Scala, Florence In 1687, during a war fought between Venice and the Ottomans, the great monument was ...

Progress in the negotiations for the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece was reported at a recent conference organized by the Greek community at the London School of Economics ...

In 1801, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, took the Parthenon Marbles (also known as the Elgin Marbles) from Athens to England. Fifteen years later, he sold them to the British Museum, where they ...

The objects, including what the museum describes as England's oldest known figurative art work, will head to Bradford for a ...

More than 2,400 years after its construction, the Parthenon—the sanctuary to ... the site between 1801 and 1803 and sold to the British Museum, where they remain. The designer of the new museum ...

The activities and lesson plans developed for this Web site comprise a multidisciplinary unit that uses television, the Internet, and other resources as learning tools to explore and understand ...

The British Museum has long argued that the marbles were acquired legally and should remain in the UK. Claims to the Parthenon Sculptures began when they were taken from Greece under order by Lord ...

For most people today, the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum provoke only one question: should they be in London or in Athens? The Greek government insists they should be in Athens ...

It's arguably the best museum in all of London. What's more, it's free to visit. From the Rosetta Stone to the Parthenon Sculptures to Mesopotamian objects, the British Museum is a history buff's ...

The Elgin Marbles, originally part of Parthenon and Acropolis of Athens. On display in the British Museum in Duveen Gallery. East Pediment depicts the birth of Athena. (photo credit: EWY Media.

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