The museum, one of London's biggest tourist draws, announced last August that some 2,000 items were believed to have been taken by a former...

Arts and culture is part and parcel of people's life, but it is not to say they can't cause as much debate and consternation as they can pr...

The 2,500-year-old hydria, signed by Athenian potter Meidias, is decorated with red figures reflecting the mythical encounters of humans wi...

The artefacts were seized in 1765 from Kandy, the last kingdom of ancient Sri Lanka, during the Dutch siege of the palace.

The ongoing dispute over the Elgin Marbles involves Greece's fervent bid to reclaim 17 ancient sculptures taken from the Parthenon in the 1...

The British Museum has launched a public hotline to help locate around 2,000 missing artefacts, mainly ancient Greek and Roman gems and jew...

The project, expected to last four years, will be led by the British architect Sir David Chipperfield.

Recent years have witnessed an increasing demand for the repatriation of looted art objects globally. Even as the British Museum in London ...

The Parthenon temple was built in the 5th century BCE on the Acropolis to honour Athena, the patron goddess of Athens.

Parthenon, dedicated by the Athenians to Athena Parthenos, the patron of the city, is the most magnificent creation of Athenian democracy.

Greece isn’t about the ordinary. It is about grandeur, elegance and splendour.

Greece has ruled out taking legal action against the UK to reclaim the Elgin Marbles, which were taken out of the country 200 years ago, sn...

Originally built to honour the virgin goddess Athena, the temple went on to become what master architect Le Corbusier called “the sacred st...