Greece is quietly building a cultural coalition—and it may finally tip the balance in the long-running fight to bring the Parthenon Marbles home. This week, Italy’s culture minister Alessandro Giuli ...
For decades, Greek authorities have been arguing for the permanent return of the so-called Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles. These include about half of the surviving fragments of ...
Ever since the early 19th century, when Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin, sawed off and crowbarred many of the carvings that ringed the top of the Parthenon and sold them to the British Museum to ...