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Elgin Marbles

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UK’s New PM Says No to Returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

But Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who says the UK is “cornered,” plans to insist on the marbles’ return during a visit this year.

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Greece and UK Agree to Formal Talks Over Parthenon Marbles

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie May 18, 2022May 18, 2022

The UK has long refused to return the contested sculptures, which were stripped from the Parthenon in the 1800s.

Posted inNews

Italy Returns Parthenon Fragment to Greece, Shaking Up Debate Over Marbles in UK

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 10, 2022January 11, 2022

The long-term loan could “open the way for a similar agreement with an act of approval by the British Parliament,” said the Acropolis Museum’s director.

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Return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece is Up to British Museum, UK Official Says

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia November 15, 2021November 16, 2021

In a meeting in London, the Greek Prime Minister reiterated an offer to loan other artworks to the British institution in exchange for the priceless marbles.

Posted inOpinion

Why the Elgin Marbles Should Not be Returned to Greece … Yet

Avatar photo by Elizabeth Marlowe October 25, 2021November 1, 2021

To do so before they have returned the Maqdala treasures and the Benin Bronzes and the Easter Island statues and the Maori heads, before a coherent set of precepts for decolonization has been articulated, would affirm the wrong principle.

Posted inBooks

Who Really Owns the Elgin Marbles?

by David Carrier August 4, 2018August 3, 2018

However we judge Lord Elgin’s original acquisition of the Parthenon sculptures, it’s easy to wonder whether the Turkish rulers legitimately had the right to allow him to dispose of these artworks.

Posted inIn Brief

UK Labour Leader Says He ‘Would Return Parthenon Marbles to Greece’ If Elected

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian June 3, 2018June 7, 2018

If returned, the sculptures could be reunited after two centuries and settle a longstanding legal feud between Greece and the UK.

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Greece Won’t Sue to Get the Elgin Marbles Back

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton May 14, 2015

The Greek government has decided not to go to court to demand restitution of the Elgin Marbles, which the country has been trying to get back from the British Museum for three decades.

Posted inOpinion

A Patronizing Argument Against Cultural Repatriation

by Laura C. Mallonee April 20, 2015April 28, 2015

In the past few decades, cultural institutions in the West have increasingly felt pressure to return artifacts acquired through questionable means during the colonial era.

Posted inNews

Once More, Britain Refuses to Return the Elgin Marbles

by Laura C. Mallonee April 1, 2015April 3, 2015

In 2013, UNESCO asked the British Museum to let it mediate a deal between it and the government of Greece, which has been calling for the return of the Elgin Marbles with ever-growing fervor for the past 30 years.

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