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.

After the French parliament voted on Monday to return to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the ...

NO: Had the Elgin Marbles remained in Greece, they would likely not have survived The Elgin Marbles were legally acquired by the British Museum through an Act of Parliament in 1816, after the British ...

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 ...

The Elgin Marbles were legally acquired by the British Museum through an Act of Parliament in 1816, after the British government purchased them from Lord Elgin, the British Ambassador to the ...

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 ...