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You can now get a sense of the awe-inspiring Parthenon in all its former glory thanks to a multiyear endeavor merging history and 3D computer modeling. University of Oxford archeologist Juan de Lara ...
LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The UK is working on a new arrangement with Greece through which the Parthenon Sculptures could be seen both in London and in Athens, British Museum chair George Osborne ...
In early 19th-century London, the arrival of temple artworks taken from the Acropolis of Athens inspired both poetic raptures ...
The chairman of the British Museum said Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 the U.K. and Greece are working on a deal that would see the Parthenon Marbles displayed in both London and Athens. The antiquities ...
When the Parthenon was completed in 432 ... the figure’s left hind leg is all the way back in Athens, in the Acropolis Museum. South Metope IV, therefore, is “literally and metaphorically ...
The museum could offer up to a third of the Parthenon artifacts in its collection, the person added. Once Greece returned those artifacts to London, more would be sent to Athens to replace them ...
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 British Museum recognizes the strong desire of Greece for the Parthenon Sculptures in London to be returned to Athens,” the statement said. “This is a question with a very long ...
The British Museum said it is interested in "realistic solutions" to its ownership dispute with Greece over the Parthenon Marbles following a UNESCO conference in which a representative of Turkey ...
The exhibit’s walls detail famous repatriation cases, including the Parthenon’s namesake in Athens, Greece, where politicians continue to call on the British Museum to return ancient ...