On arriving in Athens, the first sight these young ... collectors sought to acquire treasures pillaged from the Parthenon on the local black market in an attempt to “save” them from destruction.

Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (made around 440 BC). Marble; from the Parthenon, Athens Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens ...

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 ...

The chairman and founder of the International Organising Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles in ... to the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Mr Comino has spent the last 42 ...

Nashville, United States - December 28, 2024 Originally built for the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition, this replica of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, serves as a monument to what is ...

ATHENS, Greece — Greek lawmakers on Wednesday elected as president a former parliamentary speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum ...