Detail from the western frieze of the Parthenon. British Museum, London Photograph ... Lord Elgin sent Lusieri and his team to Athens to sketch ancient works of art, as requested by Harrison.

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

with the sculptures returned to Athens and reunited with other pieces currently on display at the Parthenon galleries of the Acropolis Museum – in exchange for blockbuster art works that will ...

The Acropolis Museum, which also houses the Parthenon Marbles, has been one of the most visited museums across the globe for ...

South Metope IV of the Parthenon is one of many sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece that have been scattered across the ...

More than 2,400 years after its construction, the Parthenon ... the marble friezes that England's Lord Elgin removed from the site between 1801 and 1803 and sold to the British Museum, where ...

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 ...

History buffs and art lovers rave ... the property's website. Athens All Included: Acropolis and Museum Guided Tour with Ticket (1643 reviews) Athens: Acropolis, Parthenon and Acropolis Museum ...

Among of the new trustees appointed to the British Museum is an academic expert opposed to the return of antiquities taken ...