Elgin Marbles

2023 - 11 - 28

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Why the U.K.-Greece Dispute Over the Elgin Marbles Is Heating Up (TIME)

The U.K. is under increased scrutiny over the disputed ancient Greek Parthenon sculptures. Here's what you need to know.

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Beyond the Elgin Marbles: Which other famous artefacts have the ... (Sky News)

British museums are bulging with items taken from other countries with - or in many cases without - permission. Greece has made high-profile demands for the ...

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Talks over Elgin Marbles break down between Greek and UK PMs ... (Museums + Heritage Advisor)

Sunak declines meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over “long-settled matters relating to the ownership of the Parthenon Sculptures.”.

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UK claims Greek prime minister broke pact on discussion of Elgin ... (Financial Times)

Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with Kyriakos Mitsotakis due to take place on Tuesday.

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Beyond the Elgin Marbles: Which other famous artefacts has the UK ... (Sky News)

British museums are bulging with items taken from other countries with - or in many cases without - permission. Greece has made high-profile demands for the ...

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Elgin marbles important part of Greek heritage - University of Reading (CentAUR)

Professor Amy Smith said: “By the late 18th century, the sanctuaries of Athena and other deities on Classical Athens' Akropolis had become a ruin: a Venetian ...

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Elgin Marbles row intensifies as Greece denies promising not to ... (Sky News)

Greek sources say they didn't give assurances about the Parthenon Sculptures and their PM was left "baffled, surprised and not a little bit annoyed" at an ...

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Greece Angry After UK's Sunak Cancels Meeting Over Parthenon ... (Voice of America)

Greek officials said Tuesday that they will continue talks with the British Museum about bringing the Parthenon Marbles back to Athens, despite U.K. Prime ...

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Should the Elgin Marbles be returned? (HeritageDaily)

The Elgin marbles are a collection of decorative marble sculptures taken from the temple of Athena (the Parthenon) on the Acropolis in Athens.

The Elgin Marbles, taken from the Parthenon, are at the center of this ... (WUNC)

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, ...

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Parthenon marbles row raises fresh fears over fraught UK-EU relations (The Guardian)

War of words between Athens and London escalates after Rishi Sunak's snub to Greek prime minister.

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After 2000 years in Greece, the Elgin Marbles have lived in the UK ... (Fortune)

Visitors in London's British Museum admire the horse's head, one of the ancient Greek Parthenon Metopes also knows as the Parthenon Marbles aka Elgin Marbles, ...

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Wednesday briefing: How Rishi Sunak's tantrum over the Parthenon ... (The Guardian)

In today's newsletter: Why the sculptures, taken by Lord Elgin in 1802, are still causing diplomatic strife 220 years later.

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Steve Barclay insists UK and Athens have 'good relations' amid ... (Sky News)

The environment secretary sought to play down the row - as the Greek foreign minister reiterated his country's claim to the ancient sculptures.

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'History and justice' on side of Greek claim to Elgin Marbles, says ... (BreakingNews.ie)

Greek foreign minister Giorgos Gerapetritis spoke out while attending a Nato summit with Lord David Cameron.

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Elgin marbles row: Labour mocks Rishi Sunak over fight with Greece (POLITICO.eu)

Accusing Sunak of engaging in “small politics” for cancelling a meeting Monday with Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over his decision to raise the ...

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Sunak accuses Greek PM of 'grandstanding' over Elgin Marbles - as ... (Sky News)

Rishi Sunak has escalated the diplomatic row with Athens after accusing the Greek prime minister of "grandstanding" over the Elgin marbles.

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PMQs: Rishi Sunak accuses Greek PM of grandstanding over Elgin ... (BBC News)

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accuses the PM of trying to "humiliate" his Greek counterpart over the Elgin Marbles row.

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V&A director says museum trustees 'infantilised' amid row over ... (The Guardian)

Tristram Hunt says trustees should be able to 'make case' for items to be retained or returned to countries of origin.

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