British Museum Deputy Director Jonathan Williams said the new agreement on “cultural exchange” could be a breakthrough in the impasse with the Parthenon marbles. The proposal is that the ancient sculptures will be donated to temporary use only if then they will be returned to London. “We call for an active Parthenon partnership with our […]
Not even a day has passed since the President of the British Museum (by the way, the world’s largest collection of stolen art) hinted at the possibility of returning the Parthenon sculptures to Greece. As voices grow stronger in England in favor of the return of the sculptures to their historical homeland, the rhetoric of […]
Greece and United Kingdom agreed start official negotiations on the possible return of the Parthenon marbles to their country of origin, UNESCO said on Tuesday. On the eve of International Museum Day, celebrated on May 18, UNESCO unexpectedly announced that Greece and the UK had finally agreed to hold official negotiations on the possible return […]
A sensational investigation by two Turkish scientists refutes the British argument that Lord Elgin received a firman (decree) from the Turkish Sultan in order to smuggle the Parthenon Marbles out of Greece. And a copy of the document, according to their study, issued for firmanis a forgery, probably concocted by Elgin’s private secretary. The scandalous […]
The Oxford Institute for Digital Archeology (IDA) plans to sue the British Museum over its refusal to allow a 3D reproduction of a piece of Parthenon marble from its collection, the newspaper reported on Tuesday Guardian. The Institute for Digital Archeology said it would soon issue an injunction against the museum, which would raise the […]
Following articles published by the London Times, another influential British publication, the Guardian, is raising the issue of reuniting the Parthenon sculptures, taking a stance in favor of their return to Greece. After the London “Times” and associated with the publication articles The British Guardian also raises the issue of reuniting the Parthenon sculptures, taking […]
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni, Director of the Acropolis Museum Nikos Stambolidis and President of the Acropolis Museum Dimitris Pantermalis took part in the ceremony to place the Fagana fragment in its place on the frieze of the Parthenon at the Acropolis Museum on Monday. The symbolic and practical gesture made […]
Sicily returns to Greece a fragment of the Parthenon frieze as part of a cultural agreement of great international importance. Known as the Fagan Fragment, it depicts the foot of the goddess Peyto or Artemis peeking out of a beautifully sewn tunic. Refunds are made in the context of the Greek-Italian exchange agreement, with the […]
The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution proposed by Greece on the “return or restitution of cultural property to countries of origin”. Greece’s three-year resolution has been backed by an unprecedented number of 111 countries, the Foreign Ministry said on Twitter on Tuesday. The resolution was adopted at a plenary meeting on Monday, […]
On Saturday, the new director of the British Museum offered to return the stolen Parthenon marble sculptures to Greece only as a short-term loan. In an article in The Times, director George Osborne, a former Treasury secretary under the conservative Cameron, wrote primarily convinced that the marble statues had not been stolen. “We are open […]
Under current British law, the return of the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum to Greece is not possible. After the question has been “reheated”, after recent contacts Kyriakos Mitsotakis with Boris Johnson learned that this law could be changed. According to the British publication Telegraph, a specific 1963 law prohibits the concession of the […]
Ten fragments of the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon will be transferred to the Acropolis Museum from the warehouse of the National Archaeological Museum, where they have been kept until now. The fragments include parts of human figures from the eastern and southern friezes of the Parthenon and its northern metopes, as well as parts […]