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Who was Lord Elgin: He lived as a plunderer, died pursued by his creditors
The life of the Scottish aristocrat who went down in history as the perpetrator of the barbaric theft of the Parthenon ...
The modern ‘monument’ man who says he has solved the 200-year-old Elgin Marbles row
Few Greek myths have as many twists as the story of the Parthenon Marbles, prised out of the Acropolis in Athens by an ...
The replicas that could end the Elgin Marbles row
Few Greek myths have as many twists as the story of the Parthenon Marbles, prised out of the Acropolis in Athens by an ...
Radio France Internationale14d
Greeks still sceptical Britain will return Parthenon Marbles
Scottish nobleman Thomas Bruce, known as Lord Elgin. Elgin sold the marbles to the British government, which in 1817 passed them on to the British Museum where they remain one of its most prized ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph14d
Greeks still sceptical Britain will return Parthenon Marbles
"Positive" talks between Greece and the British Museum over the Parthenon Marbles have rekindled hope that the ancient ...
Kent Online15d
Deal on Elgin Marbles ‘still some distance’ away, says George Osborne
They were removed by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century when he was British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Some of the remaining temple statues are on display in the purpose-built Acropolis ...