The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not nationalism.

the Parthenon was a highly vulnerable target, and in September that year, a deadly blow fell: A Venetian mortar struck it, causing a colossal explosion that destroyed its roof, leaving only the ...

Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, or "Athena the Virgin," the magnificent Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis, on the site of another lost temple to Athens' patron goddess. Little is known about this ...

The cause of the Parthenon marbles was therefore both personal ... Reattaching the marbles to the fragile ruins of the temple, whose roof was blown off by the Venetians in 1687, would be impossible.