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Parthenon fragment from Italy can stay in Greece "forever", Greek ministry says

A marble fragment of the Parthenon temple will be permanently returned to Athens from a museum in Italy, a significant move for Greece which has stepped up its campaign for the return of the sculptures from its most renowned ancient monument.

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‘Goddesses, I yield to you!’ Marina Warner on the volcanic power of witches, she-devils and divinities

The writer has always resisted deity worship but she found her senses sparking at the British Museum’s gripping show about female superbeings – one wearing a necklace of severed heads

The Guardian - UK

Schoolboy, 12, finds Bronze Age gold ribbon worth £1,000 with metal detector

Patrick Hooper took up the hobby of searching for treasure with his metal detector three years ago. He regularly visits remote country fields with his dad, hoping to make some great discoveries

Daily Mirror

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The Platinum Jubilee Weekend: Here are all the London cultural events to mark in your diary

It’s going to be one packed four day bank holiday weekend

Evening Standard

Lonely Planet names Canberra's ultimate tourist experience - and it's not the AWM

What is Canberra's ultimate tourist experience?

The Canberra Times

Climate and heritage experts call on British Museum to end BP sponsorship

Culture Unstained put together submission stating oil company ‘falls short’ in response to climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

The $1m challenge: ‘If the Turin Shroud is a forgery, show how it was done’

Expert on revered relic calls on British Museum to back up the results of its disputed carbon dating tests

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New director of the Acropolis Museum calls for Parthenon marbles to be returned to Greece

Athens museum director Nikos Stampolidis said Westminster could rule on the issue.

Evening Standard

Send Ethiopian treasures back, former Archbishop of Canterbury tells British Museum

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the British Museum to return a collection of Ethiopian religious treasures to Africa.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on museums and communities: shaping the future

Editorial: The UK’s galleries need not just protect the past. They can be ethical actors in the present

The Guardian - UK

From Meghan Markle to Fergie and Peter Phillips — a brief history of the best royal side hustles

From newspaper columns to YouTube channels and ad campaigns for milk, Juliana Piskorz on the royals working 9-5 (and beyond) to make it rain

Evening Standard

'Moon Knight' theory reveals a shocking 'Doctor Strange 2' connection

'Moon Knight' doesn't have any obvious connections to the rest of the MCU, but one subtle clue could reveal how it sets up Marvel's biggest movie of 2022.

Inverse

British Museum facing legal action over Parthenon marbles 3D scan refusal

Institute for Digital Archaeology says it intends to serve injunction against museum imminently

The Guardian - UK

British Museum to remove Sackler name from galleries, rooms

One of the world’s most prestigious museums is removing the Sackler name from its galleries.

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The Independent UK

British Museum to remove Sackler name from galleries

The British Museum will remove the Sackler name from galleries, rooms and endowments following global outrage over the role the family played in the opioid crisis

The Independent UK

British Museum cuts ties with Sackler name

The Sackler name will be removed from galleries, rooms and endowments they supported.

The Guardian - UK

British Museum removes Sackler family name from galleries

Museum is latest institution to distance itself from family accused of profiting from US opioids crisis

The Independent UK

British Museum announces first exhibition on female spiritual beings

A newly acquired icon of the Hindu goddess Kali will feature in the exhibition.

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Evening Standard

Female power on show at the British Museum

A contemporary take on the Hindu goddess Kali is going on show in the British Museum as part of its latest exhibition.

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge glories are tarnished by British Museum’s oil giant backer

This great cultural institution’s trustees must refuse to renew its sponsorship arrangement with BP

Evening Standard

The World of Stonehenge: the best cosmic homeware buys inspired by new British Museum exhibition

Inspired by the opening of the new Stonehenge exhibition at the British Museum, the suns and stars have aligned with our celestial interiors edit.

The Independent UK

Archdruid of Stonehenge blesses new exhibition at British Museum

The show allows the public to learn about the history of Stonehenge and its significance today.

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: British Museum defends move into digital art market

The British Museum dips a toe into NFTs / PinkPantheress on how she broke the US / Sadie Frost relives carefree youth / Dave Benett puts on a party

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Stonehenge: a dynamic monument

Editorial: A new British Museum exhibition portrays a Stonehenge that changed and developed over 1,500 years. But the desires of its builders still elude us

The Guardian - UK

Why Parthenon replicas should go to Greece

Letter: It would make more sense to send facsimiles of the sculptures to Athens and keep the originals at the British Museum, writes Michael Daley of ArtWatch UK

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