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

For decades, Greek authorities have been arguing for the permanent return of the so-called Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles. These include about half of the surviving fragments of ...

Ancient Greek history is full of the names of great minds: philosophers, scientists, statesmen, generals, historians and ...

Among of the new trustees appointed to the British Museum is an academic expert opposed to the return of antiquities taken from their country of origin in colonial contexts, such as the museum’s most ...

28 x 32.5 cm. (11 x 12.8 in.) ...

Carlsruhe and Copenhagen have pieces of Parthenon metope slabs from the Doric frieze of the temple. Dr. Jan Six, the son of the Amsterdam medalist, and a descendant of Rembrandt's familiar ...

These include about half of the surviving fragments of a 160-meter-long (520-foot) frieze from the Parthenon Temple, which dates back around 2,500 years. They currently sit in the ...

Inspired by the Parthenon in Athens and the Trajan Column in Rome the frieze took Thorvaldsen ten years to produce in 1828. Read more: Preston dates for your diary 2025 The conservation and ...