The following essay has been adapted from the new book The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage, Law, Politics (Hart / Bloomsbury, 2023) by Alexander Herman, director of the Institute of Art and Law. I ...
The hills around Vari, 10 miles southeast of Athens, are etched with the musings of bored shepherds. The more than 2,000 graffiti (and counting) feature trireme warships, speeding horses, packs of ...
New research using 3D modeling has overturned the long-held belief that the Parthenon's interior was brightly lit, showing instead that it was a dimly lit space designed to inspire awe. Led by Oxford ...
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Excavations at the site of the 1802 Mentor shipwreck uncovered a marble fragment that may have ties to the Parthenon in ...
After Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the British Museum to return the Parthenon marbles, his British counterpart abruptly called off their meeting. By Alex Marshall Mark Landler and Niki Kitsantonis ...