Greek PM seeks ‘innovative’ solution to decades-old Parthenon Sculpture dispute with British Museum
May 12, 2023 GMTVOLOS, Greece (AP) — Greece's prime minister says his government is exploring a “win-win” solution to one of the world’s most intractable cultural heritage disputes: The fate of the Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum.
Vatican ‘donating’ its own 3 Parthenon sculptures to Greece
March 7, 2023 GMTROME (AP) — The Vatican and Greece finalized a deal Tuesday for the return of three sculpture fragments from the Parthenon that have been in the collection of the Vatican Museums for two centuries, the latest case of a Western museum bowing to demands for restitution.
Museum: London, Athens could share Parthenon Marbles in deal
February 16, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — The chair of the British Museum said Thursday that the U.K. and Greece are working on a deal that would see his institution’s Parthenon Marbles displayed in both London and Athens.
George Osborne said talks with the Greek government had been “constructive.”
Pope returns Greece’s Parthenon Sculptures in ecumenical nod
December 16, 2022 GMTVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will send back to Greece the three fragments of the Parthenon Sculptures that the Vatican Museums have held for two centuries, in the latest case of a Western museum bowing to demands for restitution of artifacts to their countries of origin.
Greece seeks ‘win-win’ deal on Parthenon Sculptures in UK
December 6, 2022 GMTATHENS, Greece (AP) — Cabinet ministers from Greece and the U.K. discussed Greece's bid to get the Parthenon Sculptures returned from London but gave no sign the world's thorniest cultural heritage issue was any closer to resolution Tuesday.
British Museum reportedly in talks on Parthenon Sculptures
December 3, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — The British Museum has pledged not to dismantle its collection, following a report that the institution’s chairman has held secret talks with Greece’s prime minister over the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles.
Egyptians call on British Museum to return Rosetta stone
November 30, 2022 GMTCAIRO (AP) — The debate over who owns ancient artifacts has been an increasing challenge to museums across Europe and America, and the spotlight has fallen on the most visited piece in the British Museum: The Rosetta stone.
British Museum to remove Sackler name from galleries
March 26, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — The British Museum will remove the Sackler name from galleries, rooms and endowments following global outrage over the role the family played in the opioid crisis.
The museum is the latest cultural institution to cut ties with the Sacklers.
Stonehenge through the ages: Exhibit brings builders to life
February 15, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — For a monument that has been drawing crowds for thousands of years, Stonehenge still holds many secrets.
The stone circle, whose giant pillars each took 1,000 people to move, was erected between 5,000 and 3,500 years ago on a windswept plain in southwest England.
Prince Charles isolating after testing positive for COVID-19
February 10, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — Britain's Prince Charles has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating, his office said Thursday.
A message on his official Twitter page said Charles tested positive on Thursday morning and was “deeply disappointed” not to be able to attend a scheduled visit in the city of Winchester in southern England.
Greece hopes marble foot will get UK to return sculptures
January 10, 2022 GMTATHENS, Greece (AP) — It's only the size of a shoebox, carved with the broken-off foot of an ancient Greek goddess.
But Greece hopes the 2,500-year-old marble fragment, which arrived Monday on loan from an Italian museum, may help resolve one of the world's thorniest cultural heritage disputes and lead to the reunification in Athens of all surviving Parthenon Sculptures — many of which are in the British Museum.
Italy sending Parthenon fragment to Athens in nudge to UK
January 5, 2022 GMTROME (AP) — An Italian museum is lending a fragment of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, in what both sides hope will become a permanent return that might encourage others — the British Museum, in particular — to send their own pieces of the works back, too.
Drawing bought for $30 believed to be rare Renaissance work
December 19, 2021 GMTCONCORD, Mass. (AP) — A drawing purchased at an estate sale in Massachusetts for $30 is believed to be a rare work by a Renaissance artist worth tens of millions of dollars.
International art experts say the previously unknown drawing by Albrecht Dürer could be one of the most significant art discoveries in recent memory, The Boston Globe reports.
Greek leader, in London, seeks return of ancient sculptures
November 16, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held talks Tuesday in London with Greece's leader amid a renewed push by Athens for the British Museum to return marble statues that once stood in the Parthenon.
Greece to renew pressure on UK to return ancient sculptures
November 15, 2021 GMTATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is renewing a bid to seek the return of ancient sculptures removed from the Parthenon at the Acropolis in Athens more than 200 years ago from the British Museum, a government official said Monday.
British Museum to display the world’s oldest map of stars
October 18, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — The British Museum will display what it says is the world’s oldest surviving map of the stars in a major upcoming exhibition on the Stonehenge stone circle.
The 3,600-year-old “Nebra Sky Disc,” first discovered in Germany in 1999, is one of the oldest surviving representations of the cosmos in the world and has never before been displayed in the U.K., the London museum said Monday.
Berlin moves forward on plans to return looted Benin Bronzes
June 29, 2021 GMTBERLIN (AP) — Berlin's museums authority is moving forward with plans to return to Nigeria artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes, saying Tuesday that it aims to make “substantial” handovers next year.
Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome’s Nero
May 24, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — The British Museum’s new exhibition on the Roman Emperor Nero opens with a piece of fake news from the ancient world.
Visitors are greeted with an image of Peter Ustinov as Nero in the movie “Quo Vadis” strumming a lyre — a famous image of the cruel tyrant who notoriously fiddled while Rome burned.