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Vatican to Return Its Parthenon Marbles Fragments to Greece

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 16, 2022December 16, 2022

Pope Francis called the works’ repatriation a “donation.”

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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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Protesters Urge British Museum to Return the Parthenon Marbles

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky June 21, 2022June 21, 2022

In an action at the museum this weekend, participants made impassioned speeches calling for the return of the sculptures and sang “Happy Birthday” to the Acropolis Museum.

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British Museum Denies Request to 3D Scan Parthenon Marbles

by Cassie Packard April 11, 2022April 11, 2022

The Institute for Digital Archaeology hoped to scan the marbles and create an exact replica that might help settle the dispute between the London museum and Greece.

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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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The Parthenon Sculptures Should be Repatriated Immediately

Avatar photo by Rafael Cardoso November 17, 2021November 17, 2021

The principle that one misdeed deserves to be redressed before another, because it stems from a situation of greater violence, is wrong.

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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.

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China Sides with Greece Over Return of Parthenon Marbles

by Hakim Bishara November 14, 2019November 14, 2019

President Xi Jinping, expressed his support of Greece’s request to win back the 2,500-year-old friezes after 30 years of British refusal.

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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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British MPs Propose Bill to Return the Elgin Marbles to Greece

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 11, 2016July 13, 2016

With the 200th anniversary this week of the July 11, 1816 purchase through an Act of Parliament of the Parthenon Marbles for the British Museum, members of parliament are introducing a bill that would repatriate the ancient artifacts.

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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.

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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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