How the Parthenon Lost Its Marbles

In 1801 a British nobleman stripped the Parthenon of many of its sculptures and took them to England. Controversy over their ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Can Greece and the U.K. Finally Broker a Deal to Return the Elgin Marbles to Athens?

When it comes to the repatriation of art and artifacts to their home countries, one ethical dilemma rules them all: the Greek Parthenon sculptures housed at London’s British Museum. What is the ...
The Red & Black

Artist recreates Parthenon's surfaces before its destruction

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The Georgia Museum of Art’s newest exhibition, “An Archaeologist’s Eye: The ...
The Guardian

Restoration of the Parthenon should be celebrated

It is one of the wonders of antiquity and reunifying it would be an act of reverence, writes Alf Dubs It was with some surprise that I read the reunification of parts of one of the greatest works of ...
Artnet

Amid Mounting Public Pressure, Greece and the U.K. Have Agreed to a New Round of Talks About a Possible Return of the Parthenon Marbles

Greece may be one step closer to getting the Parthenon marbles back from the United Kingdom, as a new round of formal talks are set to begin on the prized artifacts taken by Lord Elgin in 1805. On the ...
The Guardian

Stephen Fry calls for return of Parthenon marbles to Athens

Removing sculptures from Greece was like ‘removing Eiffel Tower from Paris’, says actor The removal of the Parthenon sculptures from Athens was akin to removing the Eiffel Tower from Paris or ...
Architectural Record

Background Notes: The Parthenon and its Panathenaic Frieze

As would be expected, the opening of the New Acropolis Museum has re-ignited the debate about the return of the Parthenon’s so-called Elgin Marbles to Athens. At the opening on June 21 of the museum ...
The Art Newspaper

Contested prospect: two new books see the Parthenon through the eyes of a legal expert and a lifelong scholar of Greek history

Frederic Edwin Church’s 1871 painting, The Parthenon. The temple had already suffered damage from earthquake, bombing and occupation before Lord Elgin’s arrival in 1801 Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of ...
The Globe and Mail

Greece is making a play for all the Parthenon marbles – if the British Museum will play along

The Acropolis Museum in Athens is an exercise in optimism on a national scale. It was built largely to house the Parthenon marbles and other artifacts of the cradle of democracy. Not just some of the ...