Greece's prime minister cut a U.K. visit short after an apparent snub by his U.K. counterpart over the Elgin Marbles — sculptures taken from the Parthenon, now housed at the British Museum.

A former adviser to the Greek government has told the BBC that a deal that could see the Parthenon Sculptures - also known as the Elgin Marbles - returned to Greece is "close." The Greek Prime ...

Max Hollein, the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, said by phone that “the whole question of the Elgin Marbles is such a long and complex story” that any solution ...

what to do with the 2,500-year-old Parthenon sculptures — “the Elgin marbles” — showcased at the British Museum. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a late Monday statement he ...

But the Parthenon sculptures must be reunified – permanently – in Athens.” Conservative former culture minister Lord Vaizey is also chairing a new body that aims to return the Elgin Marbles ...

The sculptures in question are the Parthenon Sculptures, also known in the UK as the Elgin Marbles, named after Lord Elgin who had them removed from a temple in Greece. They are widely believed to ...

The Elgin Marbles could soon return to Greece - more than 200 years after they were shipped out of the country to Britain. Greece has made repeated requests for the sculptures to be returned after ...

The Parthenon, built during the ancient Greek era, was decorated with sculptures called the Elgin Marbles from the 440s to the 430s. However, in the early 19th century, the Elgin Marbles were ...

“The sculptures we’re creating can break this ... “It should be led from London.” As for the Elgin marbles, recent headlines in Britain suggested a deal with Greece might finally be ...

"But I think there is a way forward where these sculptures, the Elgin Marbles, the Parthenon Sculptures, could be seen both in London and in Athens, and that will be a win-win for Greece and for us." ...

The Elgin Marbles are in the UK in the National History Museum but there is a long-running dispute over where the ancient ...