The proposal to create high-quality replicas could serve as a compromise, allowing the British Museum to retain a display ...

This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... Piraeus near Athens take the heaviest sculptures from the Parthenon pediments. Elgin had managed ...

Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (made around ... One of the most striking things about recent European history is how countries wanting to define and strengthen their present identity ...

Some historians speculate that the Ottomans believed the building was safe because the Venetians cherished its Christian history ... and examine sculptures in and around the Parthenon, it is ...

Q: The sculptures within the Parthenon also ... Later on in the history of the Acropolis, the Parthenon suffered greatly in other ways. [See The Parthenon's Many Lives for more details.] ...

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 ...

Fry emphasized the importance of the Parthenon Sculptures and ... of the historical efforts to reclaim the Sculptures. "For ...

The Parthenon sculptures set out to present an Athenian ... One of the most striking things about recent European history is how countries wanting to define and strengthen their present identity ...

After conservative UK leaders refused to send Parthenon fragments home to Greece, a new government has ushered 'constructive' negotiations over a return. https://p.dw ...