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 ...

Indeed, that shining symbol of democracy, the Parthenon, might just as easily be seen as a symbol of the arrogance of empire, built with money contributed by Athens’ allies for their mutual defense ...

It was a rare sight on Athens’ skyline, and it didn’t last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in years.

Today, the Parthenon is a broken-down rectangle of grand marble columns, and its interior is largely vacant. But when the temple was constructed between 447 and 438 B.C.E., designed in part by the ...

The Antonio Salinas Archeological Museum in Italy returned the “Fagan fragment” of the Parthenon to Athens’s Acropolis Museum. Pieces of the Parthenon known as Elgin’s Marbles are housed at the ...

Greece's prime minister cut a U.K. visit short after an apparent snub by his U.K. counterpart over the Elgin Marbles — sculptures taken from the Parthenon, now housed at the British Museum. Greece's ...

Trinity College Dublin provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The Parthenon marbles are rarely out of the news. Most recently, Turkish officials have rejected claims by the British ...

An iconic European attraction can now be seen without scaffolding for the first time in 20 years. The Parthenon was constructed around 2,500 years ago in the middle of the 1st century BC by the ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — It was a rare sight on Athens’ skyline, and it didn't last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in years. Greek residents and visitors in recent weeks ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — It was a rare sight on Athens’ skyline, and it didn’t last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in years. Greek residents and visitors in recent weeks ...