Exposed on the Acropolis, the Parthenon was a highly vulnerable ... Stories in StoneDefenders of Lord Elgin argue that the removal of the marbles ensured their preservation. His critics point ...

While Lord Elgin had received the necessary permit to look for and examine sculptures in and around the Parthenon, it is unclear whether he had permission from the Ottomans to remove them from the ...

Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens, and a few years later put them on public show in London. For most western Europeans it was the ...

Greece has elected Constantine Tassoulas, a prominent advocate for the return of the Parthenon sculptures ... in Athens by British diplomat Lord Elgin in the early 1800s and have since been ...

Also known as the Parthenon Sculptures, the Ancient Greek treasures in the British Museum were brought to the UK by British diplomat Lord Elgin in the early 19th Century. About half of them remain ...

The Elgin Marbles, originally part of Parthenon and Acropolis of Athens ... it is clear that they were stolen during the time of corruption by Lord Elgin and that they were never his; he never ...

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 ...

The Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles, are a frieze of sculptures that once adorned the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. They were removed between 1801 and 1815 by Lord Elgin, the British ...

Claims to the Parthenon Sculptures began when they were taken from Greece under order by Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople — which controlled Athens until 1832 ...

The Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles, are a frieze of sculptures that once adorned the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. They were removed between 1801 and 1815 by Lord Elgin ...