On May 22, 2025, the government of the United Kingdom signed the much-discussed treaty transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, which included a lease agreement for the ...

The British Museum could be on the cusp of agreeing a historic deal to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Its chairman, ...

As rumours about talks to repatriate the Elgin Marbles to Greece resurface, we get two experts to make the case for and against their return.

The Elgin Marbles were were taken from the Parthenon in Athens by the then British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Lord Elgin, between 1801 and 1805, and are now on display at the British Museum ...

There is no question that the British Museum purchased the collection legally from Lord Elgin, who had acquired it with the full permission of the authorities. Elgin had not at first intended to ...

When author and artist Noah Angell heard rumors that the British Museum in London was haunted, he set about documenting ghost ...

Athens is, or at least should be, better known for the impressive temples and other archaeological sites that are all around ...

In early December 2024, newspaper reports suggested that the dispute surrounding the fate of the so-called Elgin Marbles may ...

In discussing the issue of whether the Parthenon marbles should be returned to Greece – where the Acropolis Museum, ...