In a historic move, an ancient Greek water jug, the Meidias hydria, dating back to around 420 BC, has left London for the first time in 250 years on loan to Greece. However, Greece has made it clear that such a loan arrangement will not extend to the contentious Parthenon Marbles.
Tag: British Museum Act
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A £250,000 robotic sculptor armed with metal chisels has reportedly recreated one of the Parthenon…
As Don Morgan Nielsen very correctly puts it, no discussion about the fate of the Parthenon Sculptures would be complete without talking about the British Museum Act 1963 and the constraints it imposes on us.