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BIZARRE: 16 - What They Never Told You

What are the Elgin Marbles and could they be returned to Greece?

Could the priceless antiquities finally be returned to Athens or will the UK keep hold of them?

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2024

UK's Starmer welcomes Greek leader for talks but says Parthenon Marbles are not on the agenda

Greece’s prime minister is in London on for his first top-level U.K. meeting since a spat last year over the contested Parthenon Marbles

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2024

Greece claims ‘progress made’ on Elgin Marbles return – but Starmer won’t discuss with Greek PM

Sir Keir Starmer welcomed Kyriakos Mitsotakis to No 10 on Tuesday morning

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2024

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Elgin Marbles not on agenda as Keir Starmer meets Greek PM, No 10 says

RETURNING the "Elgin Marbles" to Greece is not on the agenda for Keir Starmer as he meets his Greek counterpart, Downing Street has said…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 3, 2024

British Museum and Greek PM ‘held talks over return of Elgin Marbles’

Keir Starmer is thought to be more open to the idea of returning the Elgin Marbles than predecessor Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024

Liverpool’s slavery museum deserves funding

Letter: Elisabeth Winder highlights a museum that already exists on the transatlantic slave trade, in response to the possibility of a permanent exhibition in London’s British Museum

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024

Mask of Xiuhtecuhtli: A 600-year-old mask of the Aztec fire god taken as treasure by conquistadors

This stunning blue mask may represent the Aztec cycle of death and renewal.

LiveScience · Nov 25, 2024

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Ian Hislop hits out at Justin Welby for attending British Museum gala one day after resignation

Private Eye editor says it was ‘jaw-dropping’ to see Welby at event so soon after resigning

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024

Ian Hislop: Jaw-dropping that Welby went to event day after resignation

The Have I Got News For You star said he could not believe the Archbishop of Canterbury turned up to a British Museum trustees’ dinner.

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2024

Majority back British Museum exhibit on transatlantic slave trade

New poll finds 53% of Britons support permanent exhibition on Britain’s role in slave trade at British Museum

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2024

Cutting-edge labs, a rainforest gallery and guesthouse: Nigeria to open art museum for 21st century

With a campus-style layout inspired by the ancient city, Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art has the potential ‘to be amongst the best in the world for holding returning objects’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2024

80s a-go-go, hanging with Calder and a Scots stitch-up – the week in art

Plus: a magical Picasso print, a farewell to Frank Auerbach and polyamorous bohemian Dora Carrington gets her own show – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2024

British Museum to receive highest-value gift in UK history with £1bn Chinese pottery collection

The museum will receive 1,700 pieces from the trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2024

British Museum receives record £1bn donation of Chinese ceramics

Collection of 1,700 pieces dating from third to 20th century is highest-value gift of objects in UK museum history

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024

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Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024

British Museum gifted huge collection of Chinese ceramics worth staggering £1billion

Trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation to donate 1,700 pieces of Chinese ceramics to the London museum

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024

British Museum to receive highest-value gift in UK history with £1bn collection

The collection has been on loan to the museum since 2009 in the specially designed bilingual Room 95.

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2024

Picasso the printmaker: More than 100 works go on display at the British Museum

Huge exhibition will delve into the emotional vulnerability and sexual depravity of the renowned artist

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2024

Picasso: printmaker at the British Museum review – an eye-opener of a show in more ways than one

4/5 Every aspect of Picasso’s development is reflected in his printmaking and thus in this excellent show

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024

Picasso: Printmaker review – filthy fairytales of sex, death and the fascist abyss

Picasso defiled the refined genre of fine art prints with brutal images of violence and desecration, in one case portraying a bearded artist relaxing with his best mate the Minotaur

LiveScience · Nov 4, 2024

The 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of Ramesses II said to have inspired Percy Shelley's 'Ozymandias'

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias."

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2024

On the Silk Roads: adventure and historical riches in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

A new British Museum exhibition gives a taste of the rich cultures along these ancient routes, but a trip to central Asia offers much more – stunning architecture, moreish food and wild trekking

Digital Camera World · Oct 25, 2024

"Keeping the camera steady in a vibrating door-less helicopter with the wind blasting in is one of the most important tasks", Donn Delson on photography at 3000 feet

Donn Delson takes his photography to new heights using a helicopter to capture the world from above

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2024

Ralph Jackson obituary

Archaeologist, curator at the British Museum and leading expert in the field of Greco-Roman medicine

Latin Times · Oct 22, 2024

Friends Find Real-Life Buried Treasure in Farmer's Field, Sell It for Millions: 'It's Like Winning the Lottery'

A group of amateur treasure hunters uncovered a hoard of historically significant coins buried in a field for over one thousand years.

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2024

Norman coin hoard becomes England’s most valuable treasure find after being sold for record-breaking sum

The coins date back to the transition from Saxon to Norman rule in 1066

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